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The 

CONSTITUTION 

and 

REGISTER OF MEMBERSHIP 

of the 

GENERAL 

SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 

to 

October i, 1899. 



Organized September 14, 1814. Re-organized January 9, 1854. 
Instituted in Joint Convention at Philadelphia, Pa. , 

April 14, 1894. 



Philadelphia, Pa., 



1899. 



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PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY. 






HENRY HOBART BELLAS, 
GEORGE HORACE BURGIN, 

P'ihlication Comtnittee. 



DKWKV It RAKINS. 

MAKERS 

PH 1 1. A III. I. Ml I, \ 



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Officers of General Society, ...... 

Constitution of General Society, ..... 

Register of Veteran Members, ...... 

Register of Descendant Members, Pennsylvania Society, 
Register of Descendant Members, Maryland Society, 
Register of Descendant Members, Massachusetts Society, . 
Register of Descendant Members, Connecticut Society, 
Register of Descendant Members, Ohio Society, 
Register of Descendant Members, Illinois Society, 
Register of Descendant Members, District of Columbia Society, 
Register of Descendant Members, New York Society, 
Register of Descendant Members, New Jersey Society, 
Recapitulation of Membership of General Society, 
Addenda, .......... 

Errata, .......... 



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Officers 

OF THE 

GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 

1898-1900. 

President- General, 
JOHN CADWALADER, (of Pennsylvania Society). 

Vice-Presidents- General, 

JOHN BIDDLE P0RTP:R, (of Pennsylvania Society). 

JAMES EDWARD CARR, Jr., (of Maryland Society). 

FRANKLIN THOMASON BEATTY, M. D., (of Massachnsetts Society) 

Colonel GEORGE BLISS SANFORD, U.S. A., (of Connecticut Society) 

ORLANDO W. ALDRICH, Ph. D., LL.D., D. C. L., (of Ohio Society). 

Hon. CHARLES PAGE BRYAN, (of Illinois Society). 

Rear-Admiral FRANCIS ASBURY ROE, U. S. N., (of District of Columbia Society) 

GEORGE COMSTOCK BAKER, (of New York State Society) 

APPLETON MORGAN, LL.D., (of New Jersey Society). ' 

Secretary- General, 

Captain HENRY HOBART BELLAS, U.S.A., (of Pennsylvania Society). 
(Address: 421 South Forty-Fourlh Street, Philadelphia, Pa.) 

Assista7it Secretary-Ge7ieral, 
RODNEY MACDONOUGH, (of Massachiisetts Society). 

(Address: 205 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.) 

Treasiirer- General, 

CHARLES WILLIAMS, (of Pennsylvania Society). 
(Address: 416 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Pa.) 

Assistant Treasurer- General, 

MARCUS BENJAMIN, Ph. D., (of District of Columbia Society). 
(Address: Smithsonian Institution, Washintiton, D. C.) 

Regis tra r- General, 

ALBERT KIMBERLY HADEL, M. D.. (of Maryland Society). 
(Address: ir)28 John .Street. Baltimore, Md.) 

Surgeon- General, 

GEORGE HORACE BURGIN, M. D., (of Pennsylvania Society). 

Judge Advocate-General, 

Hon. ALOYSIUS LEO KNOTT, (of Maryland Society). 

Chaplai7i- (iciieral, 
Right Reverend LEIGHTON COLEMAN, S.T. D., LL.D., (of Pennsylvania Society). 

Executive Committee, 

Hon. ROBERT ADAMS, Jr., (of Pennsylvania Society). 

JAMES DAVIDSON IGLEHART, M. D., (of Maryland So'ciety). 

AMOS BINNEY, (of Mas.sachusetts Society). 

Reverend ALEXANDER HAMILTON, (of Connecticut Society) 

DANIEL HOSMER GARD, (of Ohio Society). 

CHARLES CROMWELL, (of Illinois Society). 

PIENRY RANDALL WEBB, (of District of Columbia Society) 

HENRY KETCIIUM AVERILL, Jr., (of New York vState Society). 

OSCAR HALSTEAD CONDIT, (of New Jersey Society). 



Constitution. 



Preamble. 

Whereas, In the Providence of God, victory having crowned the 
forces of the United States of America, in upholding the principles of the 
Nation against Great Britain in the conflict known as the War of 1812 ; 
we, the survivors and descendants of those who participated in that contest, 
have joined together to perpetuate its memories and victories, to collect and 
secure for preservation, rolls, records, books and other documents relating 
to that period ; to encourage research and publication of historical data, 
including memorials of patriots of that era in our National history ; to care 
for and. when necessary, assist in burying actual veterans of that struggle ; 
to cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and 
foster true patriotism and love of country. 

ARTICI.K I. 

NAME. 

This Society shall be known as the "General Society of the War of 
1812." 

ARTICLE II. 

ORGANIZATION. 

The General Society shall be composed of State Societies, which shall 
meet annually, on the day appointed tlierefor in their respective by-laws, 
and oftener if they shall deem it necessary. 

The State Societies shall choose annually such officers for their own 
government and in such manner as shall be set forth in their respective 
by-laws, and .shall transmit annually to the General Society a list of the 
officers so chosen for the year and such other information as may be of 
interest to the Society at large. Each State Society shall conform in the 
character of its officials to tho.se of the General Society, and .shall regulate 
all matters respecting its own affairs, and shall judge of the qualifications of 
members therein. Provided always. That the action of such State Society 
be, in all cases, in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution. 

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ARTICLE III. 

OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

The officers of the General Society shall consist of a President General, 
a Vice-President General for each vState Society represented, a Secretary 
General and Assistant Secretary General, a Treasurer General and Assistant 
Treasurer General, a Registrar General, a Surgeon General, a Judge Advo- 
cate General and a Chaplain General. They shall be chosen by ballot at 
the regular meeting of the Society, by and from members in good standing, 
and shall serve until the next regular meeting or until their successors are 
duly chosen. 

There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of the officers of the 
General Society and a delegate from each State Society, to be chosen by 
ballot at the regular meeting of the General Society, upon selection by the 
respective State delegation hereinafter provided for. It shall be the duty of 
said Committee, nine (9) members of which shall constitute a quorum, to 
supervise the affairs of the General Society, as well as the admission of 
vState Societies, and transact such other business as may come before it. 
The said Committee shall meet in the City of Philadelphia, in the State of 
Pennsylvania, once in every six (6) months, during the time intervening 
between the meetings, and subject to the approval, of the General Society. 

ARTICLE IV. 

MEETINGS. 

The regular meeting of the General Society shall be held every second 
year, on or about the nineteenth day of June, being the anniversary of the 
declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain, and special 
meetings may be held upon the order of the President General, or upon the 
request of two (2) State Societies. 

Such meetings shall consist of the officers of the General Society, each 
of whom shall be entitled to one vote and a representation not exceeding five 
( 5) delegates from each State Society (one of whom shall be the delegate to 
the Executive Committee of the General Society), which representation 
from each State Society shall be entitled to five (5) votes. 

At each meeting of the General Society, the time and place of which 
.shall have been determined upon at the preceding meeting of the Society, 
the circular letters and other communications .sent by the State Societies 
shall be considered, and where questions in dispute may be referred to it, the 
General Society shall have power to act thereon. 



ARTICLE V. 

FORMATION OF STATE SOCIETIES. 

The General SocieU- shall be located in the City of Philadelphia, in the 
State of Pennsylvania. 

The Executive Committee thereof shall have the right at any of its 
meetings to warrant, constitute and recognize one State Society in any State 
or Territory of the United States, whenever ten (lo) or more persons, who 
are already members or are eligible to membership in this Society, and 
residing in said State or Territory, shall apply for authority to organize 
such Society, or where such Society may already be formed and is approved 
by this Society. 

The style and title of each State Society shall be as follows : ' ' The 
Society of the War of 1812, in the State of " 

The members of each such State Society shall be borne upon the mem- 
bership roll of the General Society. 

ARTICLE VI. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one (21) years, who partici- 
pated in, or who is a lineal descendant of one who served during the War 
of 1812, in the army, navy, revenue-marine or privateer service of the 
United States, offering proof thereof satisfactory to the State Society to 
which he may make application for membership, and who is of good moral 
character and reputation, may become a member of this Society when 
approved of by said State Society, under such regulations as it may make 
for passing upon applications for membership. 

In case of the failure of lineal descendants of an actual participant in 
the War on behalf of the United States, one collateral descendant, who is 
deemed worthy, may be admitted to represent the said participant. 

Every' application for membership shall be made in writing, upon such 
form as may be set forth by this Society for that purpose, which application 
shall be made in duplicate, and one copy thereof filed in the archives of 
the General Society. 

ARTICLE VII. 

TRANSMISSION OF LISTS OF MEMBERS AND DUES FROM STATE SOCIETIES. 

The Secretary of each State Society shall transmit to the Secretar}- of 
the General Society a list of the members thereof, together with a list of 



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those from whom said members derive claim to membership, and thereafter, 
upon the admission of additional members, the Secretary thereof shall 
transmit to the General Society such similar information respecting said 
members. 

Each State Society shall pay into the treasury of this Society an entrance 
fee of ten dollars, and remit annually thereafter the sum of twenty-five cents 
for each and every member in good standing on the rolls of such State Society, 
so reported on January first of each year. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

INSIGNIA. 

The insignia of the Society shall consist of a badge of gold, pendant 
from a ribbon. Said badge shall be in the form of a Maltese cross (emblem- 
atic of faith in the justice of our cause), between four (4) golden eagles 
(symbolizing the four sections — north, south, east and west of our common 
country), and resting upon an anchor of gold (representative of the Ameri- 
can navy, by which so many glorious victories of the War of 18 12 were 
achieved). The arms of the cross to be enameled in scarlet with a white 
border and to bear the insignia, in gold, of the four (4) arms of service 
(infantry, cavalry, artillery and naval), and in the centre thereof a medallion 
of dark blue enamel, with the figures 18 12 thereon in gold, surrounded by a 
band of black enamel, bearing eighteen (18) stars in gold, representing the 
number of States of the Union during the period of conflict. The reverse of 
said insignia to bear in the centre of the cross a wreath of oak leaves in gold, 
one-half inch in diameter, surrounded by rays, and in conformity with the 
design submitted to the General Society. The anchor and cross to be sus- 
pended from the ribbon by a ring of gold. 

The ribbon shall be of watered silk, dark blue in the centre, with white 
and black stripes on the sides successively, and edged with scarlet ; the 
entire ribbon to be one and one-half inches in width and the same dimen- 
sior.s in displayed length. 

The insignia shall be worn on the left breast by the members of the 
Society at all general meetings, on all occasions of ceremony, or when they 
shall assemble for any stated purpose or celebration. On all other occasions, 
otlier than those specified above, members may wear a rosette of the pre- 
scril^ed ribbon and pattern in the upper buttonhole of the left lapel of the 
coat, which ro.settes, like the insignia, shall be procured and issued by the 



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Secretary General of the Society, by whom a record of all such issues to mem- 
bers will be kept. The insignia shall never be worn as an article of jewelry 
or ornament, and should be returned to the Society on the resignation or 
expulsion of a member, but otherwise it shall be deemed an heirloom. 

The custodian of the insignia shall be the Secretary General, who 
shall issue the same to members of the State Societies under such rules as 
may be formulated by the General Society. 

ARTICLE IX. 

SEAL. 

The seal of the Society shall be two and one-half inches in diameter, 
and shall consist of an eagle displayed in the centre of the seal, holding in 
his talons the American flag of the period (of fifteen stars), with rays of a 
rising sun above, and wreaths of oak and laurel (emblematic of the valor 
and victory of our soldiers and sailors), with trophies of cannon, musket, 
sword and anchor, below. The motto of the Society, " For Our Country's 
Rights," to be placed above the sun's rays in small Roman capital letters, 
and the whole to be encircled with a ribbon one-fourth of an inch wide, 
bearing, in plain Roman capital letters, the legend, " General Society of the 
War of 1812. Founded 1814." The seal to be in conformity with the 
design submitted to the General Society. 

The Secretary General shall be the custodian of the seal, which shall be 
used only for the purposes designated by the Society. 

ARTICLE X. 

CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP. 

Each member of the Society shall be entitled to a certificate of member- 
ship, which shall be signed by the President, Secretary and Registrar of the 
State Societ}' to which he may belong, as well as by the President General, 
Secretary General and Registrar General of the General Society, and to 
which the seal of the Society shall be affixed. 

The form shall be as follows : 

General Society of the War of 1812. 

Be it known that 

has been duly admitted a member of this Society in right of the services of 



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his ancestor, C^^o""^ 

whom he is degree in descent), in the War of 1812 for American 

Independence. 

Dated at the City of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, this 

__ _ day of in the year 

of our Lord one thousand hundred and and 

of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred 
and 



Preside7it General. 



President of the Society. 

Attest : 



Secretary General. 
Secretary of the Society. 



Resristrar General. 



Registrar of the Society. 

ARTICLE XL 

AMENDMENTvS. 

No alteration or amendment shall be made to this Constitution until a 
written resolution to that effect be offered at a meeting of this Society, con- 
sidered and approved by two-thirds of the State Societies, and at the next 
or some subsequent meeting of the General Society, be ratified by the votes 
of the majority of the officers and delegates present. 



PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 

(To be ratified by the State Societies and approved finally at next meeting of the 

General Society, June 19, 1900). 

To amend ARTICLE VI by adding at the end of the second paragraph, 
the words, ''Provided always, That such representation shall be limited to 
the descendant of either a brother or sister of the participant in the war, in 
right of whose services application for membership is made." 

To amend ARTICLE VI by omitting the second paragraph entire of 
said Article. 



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Register of Membership. 



VETERANS. 

*Allen, George R. (Penna. Society.) Norwood, N. Y. 

Private. Served i year, 6 mouths. Company Commander, Captain 
Robinson, New York State Militia. In battles of Ogdensburg, New 
York, 1812, and Ivundy's Lane, Canada, 1814. 

•Died March 15, 1S94, aged 101 years, 6 months. 

*Ames, David H. (Penna. Society.) Jersey ville, 111. 

Corporal. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Hovey ; 
Regimental Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Thomas 
B. Benedict, New York Detached State Militia. In battle at Ogdens- 
burg, New York, 1812. 

*Died December 1, 1893, aged 101 years, 7 months. 

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*Amick, Jacob. (Penna. Society.) High View, Va. 

Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain F. I. 
Marston, Thirty-first Virginia Regiment, Colonel Taylor, Command- 
ing. At bombardment of Fort McHenry, Maryland, 1814. 

♦ Died , 1895, aged 102 years, 11 months. 

*Blair, David. (Penna. Society.) Charity P. O., Gallia Co., Ohio. 

Corporal. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain Sam- 
uel Meulah, Ohio Militia. (Youngest of four brothers who served. ) 

♦Died May 27, 1893, aged 08 years, 2 months. 

*Brown, Hosea. (Penna. Society.) 

Grant's Pass, Josephine Co., Oregon. 
Private. Served 20 days in New York State Militia, 18 14. Company 
Commander, Captain E. Burgess. 

♦Died November 16, 1897, aged lO'i years, 4 months. 

BuFFiNGTON, STEPHEN, aged 105 years, 2 months. (Penna. Society.) 

Swansea Centre, Mass. 
Private. Served i month. Company Commander. Captain John 
Hood, Massachusetts Militia. Stationed at Fort Phoenix, Fair 
Haven, Mass. 

Burroughs, William, aged 106 years, 10 months. (Penna. Society.) 

Mountainberg, Ark. 
Sergeant. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Stevens 
Griffith. Guarded Indian warriors. 

♦Cleveland, Moses. (Penna. Society.) Dubuque, Iowa. 

Orderly and Private in Company " B," Seventh Regiment, Vermont 
Militia. Served 3 months under his father. Colonel Augustine 
Cleveland. At battle of Plattsburg, New York, 1S14. 

*Died March 5, 1894, aged 94 years, 8 nionlhs. 



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*CoFFMAN, Joseph. (Penna. and Md. Societies.) 

Millsap, Parker Co., Texas. 
Drummer. Served 4 years, Company Commander, Captain W. 
Sumpter, Seventh Regiment, United States Light Infantry. In 
battle at New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 1S15. 

*Died February, 13, 1897, aged 94 years, 4 months. 

*CooN, Hezekiah. (Penna. Society.) Boonesboro, Boone Co., Iowa. 

Private. Served 8 months. Company Commander, Captain Lemuel 
Potter. Regimental Commander, Colonel Daniel Wright. 

*Died , 1893, aged 96 years. 

*CuRL, Jarrot. (Penna. and Md. Societies.) 

Whitfield, Hickman Co., Tenn, 
Sergeant. Served 7 months. Second Regiment Mounted Volunteers, 
Colonel Thomas Williamson, Commanding. In battles at New 
Orleans, Louisiana, December 23, 1814, and January 8, 1815. 

♦Died November 19, 1895, aged 99 years, 10 months. 

■-f^CvPHER, John. (Penna. Society.) Farmer's Creek, Lapeer Co., Mich. 
Private. Served 3 months, Company Commander, Captain Joseph 
Petre, Michigan Volunteers. 

*Died March 12, 1891, aged 97 years, 8 months. 

*Dali,y, Abram. (Penna. Society.) Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Adjutant. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Andrew 
Brennan, Eleventh Regiment, New York State Heavy Artillery. 
Stationed at Fort Gansevoort, New York. In battle at Lundy's Lane, 
Canada, 1814. 

*Died February 15, 1893, aged 97 years, 8 months. 

Dromillard, Joseph, aged 103 years, 3 mouths. (Penna. Society.) 

Gallipolis, Ohio. 
Fife-Major. Served 2 years. Company Commander, Captain Chum. 
Regimental Commander, Colonel Robert Safford, Ohio Volunteers. 
Brigade Commander, Brigadier General Edward W. Tupper, 18 12. 



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*Ferguson, Jared. (Penna. Society.) Decorah, Iowa. 

Sergeant. Sensed i year, 6 months. Company Commander Cap- 
tain Jesse Ives, Thirty-seventh Regiment, United States Infantry ; 
Lieutenant, Solomon Dewey. Served at Fort Hale. 

♦Died Oolober 2, 18.(5, aRed 101 years, S months. 

*Frankun, Andrew McKee. (Penna, and Mass. Societies.) 

Burlington, Kansas. 
Served 3 years. Private and Ensign in Captain Martin Armstrong's 
Company in the First Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel David 
Sutton, Commanding); Ohio Militia; 1812-13. Ensign in same 
Company in the Second Regiment of Infantry, (Colonel John Fergu- 
son, Commanding) ; Ohio Militia ; 1813. In battle at Fort Stephen- 
son, Ohio, August 2, 18 13, (Major George Crogham, Seventeenth 
U. S. Infantry, Commanding) ; also at Lundy's Lane, Canada, 1814. 

♦Died July '20, 1895. aged lOJ years. 

*Fritz, Michael. (Penna. Society. Friedensburg, Schuylkill Co., Pa. 

Private. Served from September 2, 18 14, to March 5, 18 15, in Cap- 
tain Peter Snyder's Company, Second Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Adam Ritscher, Commanding), First Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia. 

•Died November 2G, 1892, aged 95 years, 6 months. 

Gardenheir, George W. , aged loi 3'ears, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) 

Meigs Post Office, Tenn. 
Private. Served i year. Company Commanders, Captain John 
Childs and Lieutenant Paul Childs. 

Gilmore, William, aged 100 years, 3 months. (Penna. Societ3\) 

Montezuma, Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Bassett. 
Regimental Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Henry 
Bloom. Corps Commander, Major General McClure, New York State 
Militia. 



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^Goodwin, Wells. (Penua. Society.) Newberry Centre, Vt. 

Private. Served in New York State Militia. Wounded at battle of 
lyundy's Lane, Canada, 1814. 

*Died November, 1894, aged 100 years. 

Haines, William Jack, aged no years. (Penna. Society.) 

Memorial Home, St. Louis, Mo. 
Private. Served in Captain Gregory's Company, Tennessee Militia* 
Participated in battle of New Orleans, Louisiana, January 8, 1815. 

Hendron, Joel, 105 years 2 months. (Penna. Society.) 

Spring Water, Livingston Co., N. Y. 
Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Chester 
Barrow, New York State Militia. 

*HiGGiNS, Saul C. (Penna. and Mass. Societies.) West Gorham, Maine. 
Private. Served 44 days. Company Commander, Captain Barnabas 
Higgins, Maine Militia. 

*Died February 17, 1895, aged 100 years, 9 months. 

*HooPER, James, (Penna. and Md. Societies), 

12 II W. Lexington St., Baltimore, Md. 
Coxswain. Served 3 years on United States Schooner "Comet," 
Captain Bojde, United States Navy. Cruising in Chesapeake Bay, 
watching British fleet. 

*Died March 14, 1898, aged 98 years, 6 months. 

Klock, Abraham, aged 98 years, 4 months. (Penna. Society.) 

Brier Hill, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. 
Private. Company Commander, Captain Jacob Failing, New York 
State, Militia. 



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•LooMis, Robert. (Peuna. Society.) Liverpool, Medina Co., Ohio. 

Sergeant. Served 2 years. Company Commander, Captain Jared 
IngersoU. Regimental Commander, Colonel Ethan Allen. In battle 
at Fort Erie, Canada, 18 14. 

♦Died November 1, 1892, aged 93 years. 



^LovETT, Erastus. (Penna. Society.) Rome, Bradford Co., Pa. 
Private. Served in Pennsylvania Militia. 

♦Died December, 1891, aged 101 years. 

*I,UMBERSON, John. (Md. Society.) 421 Hanover St., Baltimore, Md. 

Enlisted September i, 1813, as Musician in Captain M. M. Payne's 
Company N, First Battalion, United States Corps of Artiller>\ (Re- 
enlisted October 13, 1819, in Company E, United States Artillery 
Corps. Re-enlisted September 9, 1824. Re-enlisted August 13, 1829. 
Sergeant, September 29, 1829. Again re-enlisted in same battery 
August 13, 1834, and served until August 13, 1837.) 

♦Died February 5, 1898, aged 91 years, 9 months. 



*McCoY, David. (Penna. Society.) Redlands, San Bernardino Co., Cal. 
Corporal. Served 2 years. Company Commander, Captain Thomas 
McGilton. Regimental Commander, Colonel Williams. Corps Com- 
mander, Major General William Henry Harrison. In battle of the 
Thames, Canada, 1813. (Saw Tecumseh slain.) 

♦Died March 25, 1895, aged 101 years, 11 months. 



MiCKLKv, Daniel, aged 103 years, 9 months. (Peuna. Society.) 

Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pa. 
Sergeant. Served 30 days. Company Commander, Captain Miller, 
Pennsylvania Militia. First Company fired on by the British in the 
attack on Baltimore, Maryland, 1814. 



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*Mii.LER, Charles. (Penna. Society.) Boonville, Oneida Co.. N. Y. 

Private. Company Commander, Captain Whitmore, New York 
State Militia. In battle at Sackett's Harbor, New York, 1813. 

*Died September 9, 1895, aged 100 years, 2 months. 

'•■'MoORE, Michael. (Penna. Society.) I,ieutenant United States Army. 

2o Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Musician. Served through the war in Captain John Sproul's Com- 
pany, Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. 

*Died August 3, 1897, aged 99 years. 

*MoRRis, Henry. (Penna. Society.) Port Chester, N. Y. 

Drummer. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain James 
Breath. Major Commandant, Pexel Fowler, New York State Militia. 
Served in Block House in the Narrows, New York Harbor, New York. 

*Dled May 8, 1896, aged 96 years, 8 months. 

Murray, John, aged 97 years, 6 months. (Penna. Society.) 

Boothy, Maine. 
Private, Served i year. Company Commander, Captain William 
M. Reed, Maine Militia, 

*Nye, Cornelius. (Penna. and Mass. Societies.) 

Fairfield, Somerset Co., Maine. 
Musician. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Ansel 
Tobey, Maine Militia. 

*Died September 11, 1895, aged 98 years, 4 months. 

*Orsburn, David. (Penna. Society.) Tupper's Plains, Ohio, 

Drummer. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain 
William Hull ; Regimental Commander, Colonel Dobbins ; Corps 
Commander, Major General Jacob Brown, United States Army. 

♦Died , 1891, aged 101 years. 



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Osgood, Janna, aged 105 years, 2 months. (Penna. Society.) 

Dundee, Yates Co., N. Y. 
Private. Served i 5'ear. Company Commander, Captain Levi 
Dunnie, New York State Militia. 

♦Packard, Samuel. (Penna. Society.) Rockland, Maine. 

Drummer. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Samuel 
Tolman, Maine Militia. 

*Diea September 27, 18'.t3, aged 91 years. 

=*=Parks, Davis. (Penna. Society.) Fowler, Clinton Co., Mich. 

Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Roswell 
Lyster, New York State Militia. 

♦Died , 1893, aged 106 years, 2 months. 

*Peavey, John W. (Penna. Society.) Braintree, Vt. 

Private. Company Commander, Captain Nathaniel Gilman, New 
Hampshire Militia. Served at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, guard- 
ing United States stores. 

♦Died June 19, IS'/.S, aged 96 years, 3 months. 

•^Philhrook, Alfred Spooner. (Mass. Society.) 

Boston, Mass. 
A Volunteer, who, too young to enlist, was present with the Com- 
pany in which his father served, at Fort McClarj', New Hampshire, 
i8i2. Subsequently a Private in the Vermont Militia, 1815. 
Son of Benjamin (Philbrick) Philbrook, Private in Captain Robert 
McNeil's Company of Artillery of the Battalion of Detached New 
Hampshire Militia, under command of Major Timothy Upham, 
United States Army, and subsequently of Major John Bassett, United 
States Army ; assigned to Fort McClary, New Hampshire, (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel John Darrington, United States Army, Commandant), 
for the defense of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and the Navy Yard ; 
1812. 

•Dictl Manh 17, 1898, aged 96 years. 



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=^Phillips, Henry. (Penna. Society.) Versailles, Cattskill Co., N. Y. 

Private. Company Commander, Captain Pollard, Independent Indian 
Company. In action six (6) times on Canadian border ; Major 
General Peter B. Porter, Commanding, 1813-1814. 

*Died , 1894, aged 101 years. 



Pierce, Dyer, aged io8 years, 3 months. (Penna. Society.) 

Belvidere, Boone Co., 111. 
Ensign. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain Abraham 
Smith. Served on Canadian frontier. 



•Pitkin, John. (Penna. Society.) Mount Vernon, Ohio. 

Private. Served 3 years. Company Commander, Captain G. Spencer, 
Thirtieth Regiment United States Infantry-. 

*Died August 9, 1893, aged 101 years, 5 months. 



'^TooR, Benjamin. (Penna. Society.) Raymond, N. H. 

Musician. Served in Captain Samuel Shackford's Company, New 
Hampshire Militia, 1812-1815. 

*Died March 30, 1893, aged 97 years, 6 months. 



*Ray, Leonard. (Penna. Society.) Baltic, Texas. 

Private. Served 2 years, 7 months. Company Commander, Captain 
Winslow, Twenty-fourth Regiment United States Infantry, Major 
Frank Armstrong, Commanding. 

*Died , 1894, aged 97 years, 6 months. 

*RiCHARDS, Isaac. (Penna. Society.) East Machias, Maine. 

Private. Served three years. Company Commander, Captain James 
H. Winslow, Maine Militia. 

«Dled June 11, 1893, aged 99 years, 9 months. 



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*RooT, Anon. (Penna. Society.) Whitewater, Wis. 

Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Briggs. 

♦Died October, 1894, aged 102 years. 

*ScRUTON, Miles. (Penna. Society.) Merrill, N, H. 

Private. Served i month. Company Commander, Captain William 
Cousins, New Hampshire Militia. 

♦Died , 1894, aged 100 years, 6 months. 

*Sevey, Ira. (Penna. Society.) Mt. Vernon, Kennebec Co. , Maine. 

Private. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain Bailey ; 
Regimental Commander, Colonel Wool ; Brigade Commander, 
Brigadier General Wade Hampton; i8 13-14. 

*Die(l March 25, 1895, aged 90 years, 5 months. 

*Sexton, Isaiah B. (Penna. Society.) Sparta, Kent Co., Mich. 

Waterboy. Served 6 months. Company Commander, Captain 
Moses Waters, New York State Militia. 

♦Died , 1S97, aged 92 years, 8 months. 

*SiMPSON, Presley. (Penna. Society.) Paris, Bourbon Co., Ky. 

Private. Served 3 months. Company Commander, Captain John 
De Bell ; Regimental Commander, Colonel A. T. Mason ; " Douglass , 
Brigade," Virginia Militia. In battle at Fort McHenry, Maryland, ' 
1814. 

♦Died December 21, 1893, aged 97 years. 

Smart, Edward, aged loi years, lo months. (Penna. and Mass, Societies.) 

North Dixmont, Maine. 
Sergeant. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain J. Dow ; 
Lieutenant, James Field ; Ensign, Nathaniel Muncy ; Massachu.setts 
(or Province of Maine) Militia , 1813-14. 



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Smith, Eleazer, aged loi years, 7 months. (Penna. and Mass. Societies.) 

Alexandria, Grafton Co., N. H. 
Private. Served i year in the Sixth Company (Captain Joshua 
Merriam, Commanding), of the Third Regiment of Infantry, (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Edward Sise, Commandant) ; "Western Brigade," 
Detached New Hampshire Militia, (Brigadier General Montgomery, 
Commanding) ; stationed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for the 
defense of the sea-board ; 18 14. 

*Sparrow, Harvey. (Penna. Society.) Orleans, Barnstable Co., Mass. 
Private. Served 8 months. Company Commander, Captain Moses 
Higgins, Massachusetts Militia. 

♦Died June 6, 1893, aged 100 years, 9 months. 

*Spinney, Thomas. (Penna. Society.) Bay Point, Sagadahoc Co. , Maine. 
Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Richard ^ 
Hagan ; Regimental Commander, Colonel Andrew Reed ; Corps 
Commander, Major General William King, Maine Militia. 

♦Died November 5, 1894, aged 93 years, 2 months. 

*StoughT, Jacob. (Penna. Society.) Dadeville, Tallapoosa Co., Ala. 

Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain John 
Mclycan, Alabama Volunteers. 

♦Died , 1894, 101 years. 

Sturtevant, Thomas Morgan, aged 99 years. (Penna. Society.) 

Madison, Morris Co., N. J. 
Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain George 
Ashbridge, New York State Militia. 

*Taylor, Jordan. (Penna. Society. ) Buckingham Court House, Va. 

Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain George 
Booker; Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor's Brigade, Virginia 
Militia. 

♦Died , 1894, aged 100 years. 



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"^TiNTO, Frederick. (Penna, Society.) Alder Creek, Oneida Co., N. Y. 
Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Rudolf 
Root, New York State Militia. In battle at Sackett's Harbor, New 
York, I Si 3. 

♦Died , 18118, aged 103 years, 4 moiitha. 

*TowNLEV, James. (Penna. Society.) Chili, Coshocton Co., Ohio. 

Drummer. Served 3 years. Company Commander, Captain Mar- 
tin ; Regimental Commander, Colonel Phillips, Pennsylvania Vol- 
unteers. 

*Died , 1894, aged 93 years, 6 months. 

^Williams, David J. (Penna. Society.) Saratoga, N. Y. 
Private. Served in New York State Militia. 

♦Died January, 1894, aged 99 years. 

*WooD, Jabin. (Penna. Society.) So. Richland, Oswego Co., N, Y. 

Private. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Alviu 
Smith. In battle at Sackett's Harbor, New York, 1813. 

♦Died , 1894, aged 90 years, 10 months. 

Yancev, William, aged 98 years, 5 months, (Penna. Society.) 

Daphne, Ala. 
Drummer. Served 4 years. Company Commander, Captain Gilbert 
C. Russell ; Regimental Commander, Colonel Purdy. (His father 
served in the same company.) 

Young, Nathaniel, aged 106 years, i month. (Penna. Society.) 

Linneaus, Aroostook Co., Maine. 

Musician. Served i year. Company Commander, Captain Bailey, 
Maine Militia. 



Total Veteran Membership, ...... 65 

Deceased, . . . . . . . . . . 48 

Veteran Membership, October i, 1S99. • • • ^7 



SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 



IN THE 



COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 

From its Organization, January 9, 18^4. 



Presidents^ 

JoKL B. SuTHERivAND, Jan. 9, 1S54, to Nov. 24, 1861 

Peter Hay, ' July 4, 1862, to Nov. 15, 1879 

John D. Hester, July 5, 18S0, to Nov. 

Thomas. B. Darrach, Jan. 8, 1881, to Nov. 

John Stallman, Jan. 8, 1885, to Nov. 

John Cadw.\lader, Jan, 8, 1891, 



5, 1880. 
26, 1884. 
10, 1890. 



Secretai'ies^ 



Hiram Ayres, 

John H. Frick, 

John B. Springer, 

Thomas B. Darrach, 

*Peter Stuart Hay, 

Captain Henry H. Bellas, U. S. A. 

tjAMEs Varnum Peter Turner, 



1854 to i860. 
i860 to 1872. 
1872 to 1877. 
1877 to 1880. 
1880 to 1894. 
1894 to 1895. 

1895 



Treasurers^ 



James Benners, 
Alexander B. Thompson, 
Peter Stuart Hay, 
Henry Martyn Hoyt, 
Adam Arbuckle Stull, 

♦Served as Assistant Secretary from Febriiary 22, 1S76. 
tServed as Assistant Secretary from February 19, 1894. 

27 



1857 to 1880. 
1880 to 1886. 
1891 to 1893. 
1893 to 1894. 

1894 



Veteran of 1812. 
Veteran of 1812. 
Veteran of 1812. 
Veteran of 1812. 
Veteran of 18 12. 



Veteran of 1812. 



Veteran of 181 2. 



Veteran of 181 2. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

Organized January 9, 1854. Re-organized January 8, 1891. 

Incorporated November 19, 1892. 



1899. 



President, 
JOHN CADWALADER. 

T 'ice- Presidents, 
JOHN BIDDLE PORTER. 
Captain HENRY HOBART BELLAS, U. S. A. 
REYNOLD WEBB WILCOX, M. D., LL. D. 
Major General JOHN RUTTER BROOKE, U. S. A. 
Rt. Rev. LEIGHTON COLEMAN, S. T. D., LL. D. 
Secretary, 
JAMES VARNUM PETER TURNER, 
(Address: 517 City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.) 
Assistant Secretary, 
SAMUEL BABCOCK CROWELL. 
Registrar, 
EDWARD RUTLEDGE SHUBRICK. 

T)-easurer, 

ADAM ARBUCKLE STULL. 

Historian, 



Chaplain, 
Rev. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN. 
Execidire Committee. 
GEORGE HORACE BURGIN, M. D., Chairman. 
DAVID MCKNIGHT HOBART, PETER STUART HAY, 

CHARLES WILLIAMS, JAMES WATTS MERCUR, 

BEVERLEY RANDOLPH KEIM, Rev. ARNOLD HARRIS HORD, 

RUSSELL DUANE, HENRY DOUGLAS HUGHES. 

Delegates to the (general Society, 
PETER STUART HAY, EDWARD STALKER SAYRES, 

JAMES WATTS MERCUR, REYNOLD WEBB WILCOX, M. D., LL. D. 

CHARLES WILLIAMS. 

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Descendant Members 



OF THE 



PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY, 



Elkcied. State No. 

1S91. Abbot, Chari^es Wheaton, Jr., Captain U. S. Army, 53 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Joel Abbot, Midshipman United States Navy ; 
18 12-15. Served under Commodore Thomas Macdonough, 
United States Navy. 

1892. Adams, Hon. Robert, Jr., 141 

124 South Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of William PI. Hart, Private in First Troop, Philadel- 
phia City Cavalry, (Captain Charles Ross, Commanding) ; at- 
tached to the "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding). 
In service of the United States, August 27 to December 20, 18 14. 

1891. Ai,exander, John S., 54 

San Antonio, Texas. 
Grandson of Hugh Alexander, Captain of (Crawford County) 
RiHe Company of Pennsylvania Volunteers ; 181 2-13. 

31 



32 



Elhcted. State No. 

1897. Ai.FORD, George William, 396 

1227 North Thirtieth Street, Philadelphia. 
Grandson of Reuben Gilder, Captain of the Second Company of a 
detachment of (Philadelphia; Pennsylvania Militia, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Peter L. Berry, Commanding); of "Advance Light 
Brigade." Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas 
Cadwalader Commanding). In service of the United States, 
from August 23, 1814, to January 5, 1S15. 



1899. Alkord, Reuben Gilder, 402 

340 North Twenty-second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Reuben Gilder, Captain of the Second Company of 
a detachment of (Philadelphia) Pennsylvania Militia, (Lieuten- 
ant Colonel Peter L. Berry, Commanding) ; of " Advance Light 
Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas 
Cadwalader, Commanding). In service of the United States, 
from August 23, 1814, to January 5, 1S15. 



1897. Allen, John Vincent, M. D. 384 

4637 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Allen, Private in Captain William Brown's j^ 
Company, Maryland Militia; 1S12. 



1891. Allen, Theodore L., 43 

Pittsfield, Mass. 
Grandson of Moses Allen, Ensign in Lieutenant Colonel Matthew 
Trotter's Regiment, (Albany County), New York Militia ; 
1811-12. Also Adjutant of Lieutenant Colonel Commandant 
David Rogers' Regiment, New York Militia ; 18 14. 



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Elected. State No. 

1892, APPI.ETON, Daniel Fuller, 122 

2S East Thirty-sixth Street, New York, N. Y. 
Son of James Appletoii, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Second 
Regiment, First Brigade, Second Division, Massachusetts Militia; 
18 13-14, In service and pay of the United States ; 18 14. 

1892. Atkinson, Benjamin Walker, Captain U. S. Army, 109 

War Department, Washington, D, C. 
Grandson of Henry Atkinson, Colonel and Inspector General 
United States Army ; 1813 ; Colonel Fourth and Thirty-seventh 
Regiments, United States Infantry ; 18 14-15. 
Grandson of Benjamin Walker. Served with American forces in 
repulse of British at mouth of Otter Creek, Vermont ; 18 14. 

95. Avery, Frank Montgomery, 298 

Tribune Building, New York, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Ebenezer Avery, (3d), Private in Captains 
Thomas Allen, Jr., and Amos Williams' Companies, Connecticut 
Militia ; 1813-14. 

92. Backus, Rev. Brady Electus, D. D., 172 

360 West Twenty-eighth Street, New York, N. Y. 

Grandson of Electus Mallary Backus, Colonel Commanding First 
Regiment, United States Dragoons. In command of United States 
(regular J troops in repulse of British, battle of Sackett's Harbor, 
New York; 1813. Mortally wounded in action. 

93. Bailey, Joseph Trowbridge, 196 

Chestnut and Twelfth Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Grandson of Major Bailey, Private in " Poughkeepsie Fusileers," 
(Captain Peter P. Hayes, Commanding), New York Militia ; 
1812-15. 



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Elected. State No. 

1896. Baird, James, 371 

905 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Francis Cooper, Second Lieutenant Sixth Company, 
(Captain John Schweppenheiser, Commanding) ; of Colonel 
John Thomson's Regiment ; Second Brigade, First Division, 
Pennsylvania Militia. In service of the United States, Septem- 
ber 14, 1814, to January 5, 1815. 

1898 Baird, William Mercer, 399 

Torrisdale, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Francis Cooper, Second Lieutenant Sixth 
Company, (Captain John Schweppenheiser, Commanding) ; of 
Colonel John Thomson's Regiment ; Second Brigade, First 
Division, Pennsylvania Militia. In service of the United States, 
September 14, 1814, to January 5, 1815. 

1899. Baker, George Fales, M. D., 401 

18 18 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Lewis Rush, Colonel Commanding Fourth 
Detachment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. In service of 
the United States ; 1813. 

1893. Baker, George Livingston, 227 

60 Broadway, New York, N. Y. , 
Grand-nephew of Henry Beals, Private in Regiment Massa- 
chusetts Militia ; 18 13. 

1893. Baker, George Livingston, Jr., 202 

New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of George Armistead, Major Third Regiment, 
United States Artillery ; 18 12-15. Breveted Lieutenant Colonel 
for gallantry at capture of Fort George, Canada; 18 13. Pre- 
sented with a sword by the State of Virginia for gallant defense 
of Fort McHeury, Mar>'land, and repulse of British ; 1814, 



Elected. State No. 

1896. *Baker, William Spohn, 361 

1722 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of George Nice Baker, Second Lieutenant of the "Northern 
Liberty Artillerists," (Captain John Naglee, Commanding). 
Third Company of the First Regiment, Penns3dvania Volunteer 
Artillery-, (Lieutenant Colonel Andrew AL Prevost, Command- 
ing) ; of "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
(Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding). In ser- 
vice of the United States, September 4, 1814, to January 3, 
1815. 

*Died September 8, 1897. 

597. Barrell, Harry Ferdinand, Ph.D., 387 

748 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. 
Great-grandson of Captain John Wood, in Lieutenant Colonel 
Jacob Mire's Company of Riflemen in Lieutenant Colonel 
J, Varian's Regiment of New York State Militia. In service of 
the United States, August 18, to November 26, 1814. 

595. Bell, William Duffield, M. D., 327 

160 West Eighty-third Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of William Duffield Bell, Private in Captain Andrew's 
Company, Fifth Regiment, Maryland Volunteers ; 1814, 

591. Bellas, Henry Hobart, Captain U. S. Army. 30 

421 South Fortj'-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of William Rudolph Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Thirty- 
third Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia; 1811-14. Also, Colonel 
Sixty-second Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves ; 1814-15. 
Great-grandson of Joseph Anthony, Captain Third Company of 
"Washington Guards," Pennsylvania Volunteers; 18 13-14. 
Died in service, August 5, 18 14. 

Grandnephew of Thomas Anthony, Third Lieutenant of Captain 
Condy Raguet's Company of "Washington Guards," Fourth 
Detachment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, (Colonel Lewis 
Rush, Commanding). In service of the United States, May 13, 
to June 18, 1 8 13. 



36 

Ei-ECTED. State No. 

1892. Benham, Henry Hill, Captain U. S. Army, 102 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of John McNeil, Captain Eleventh Regiment, United I 
States Infantry, 1812-13; Major Twelfth Regiment, Unitedl 
States Infantrj^ 1813-15; breveted Lieutenant Colonel for gallant; 
conduct at battle of Chippewa, Canada, 1814 ; breveted Colonel', 
for gallantry at battle of Niagara, Canada ; 18 14. 

1892. BiDDLE, John, Captain U. S. Army, 131 

War Department, Washington, D. C, 

Grandson of John Biddle, Second Lieutenant Third Regiment, 
United States Artillery, 1812-13 ; First Lieutenant, same Regi- 
ment, 1813; Captain Forty-second Regiment, United States 
Infantry, 1813-15. Also Aid-de-Camp to Major General Winfield 
Scott, United States Army 

1893. Biddle, William S., Jr., Captain U. S. Army, 184 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of John Biddle, Second Lieutenant Third Regiment, 
United States Artillery, 1812-13; First Lieutenant, same Regi- 
ment, 1813 ; Captain Forty-second Regiment, United States 
Infantry, 18 13-15. Also Aid-de-Camp to Major General Winfield. 
Scott, United States Army. 

1896. BoLLES, Charles H., Jr., 359 

245 Water Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Frederick D. Bolles, Private in Lieutenant Nathan 
Jones' Company ; Connecticut Militia ; 181 2. 

1893. BONNAFFON, FERDINAND VICTOR, 208 

Broad and Locust Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Anthony BonnafFon. Second Lieutenant Thirty-second 
Regiment, United States Infantry, 1813 ; First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant, same Regiment ; 1814. 



37 

Elected. State No. 

1893. BONNAFFON, SYLVESTER, Jr.. 209 

3439 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandsou of Anthony BonnafFon, Second Lieutenant Thirty- 
second Regiment, United States Infantry, 1813 ; First Lieuten- 
ant and Adjutant, same Regiment ; 18 14. 

Grandson of Joseph Allen McClintock, Private in Pennsylvania 
State Guards, (Captain Henry Meyers, Commanding) ; the 
Ninth Company, First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer In- 
fantry, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding) ; of "Advance 
Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General 
Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding) ; 18 14-15. 

1897. BONNAFFON, SYLVESTER, 3d, 383 

3439 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa- 
Great-grandson of Anthony BonnafFon, Second Lieutenant 
Thirty-second Regiment, United States Infantry, 1813 : First 
Lieutenant and Adjutant, same Regiment : 18 14. 

1893. BouGHTER, Francis, Lieutenant U. S. Navy, 200 

Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of John Reichart, Private in Fourth Company, 
(Captain Peter Nungesser, Jr., Commanding), Second Regiment, 
Volunteer Light Infantry, (Colonel Louis Bache, Commanding), 
First Brigade, Second Division, Pennsylvania Militia; 1 814-15. 
Great-grandnephew of John Berry, Ensign in Captain Thomas 
McElhenny's Company, Second Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel 
AdamRitscher, Commanding), FirstBrigade, PennsylvaniaMilitia. 
In service of the United States, September 3, 18 14, to March 
3, 1815. 

895. Brewster, Hon. Henry Colvin, M. C, 342 

Tradesmen's Bank, Rochester, N. Y. 
Grandson of Elisha Belcher Brewster, Quartermaster Sergeant, 
Colonel Belcher's Regiment, Connecticut Militia; 1813-14. 






Elected. Statb No. 

1894. Brice, Philip Howaku, 276 

1537 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Nicholas Brice, Special Judge Advocate on 
the Staff of Major General Samuel Smith, Commanding Third 
Division of Maryland Militia in the service of the United 
States; 1S14. 

1 89 1. Bristol, IIenry Brevoort, Captain and Brevet Lieutenant 66 
Colonel U. S. Army, 1701 Q Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Henry Brevoort, Captain Third Regiment, United 
States Infantry, 1811-14; Major Forty-fifth Regiment, United 
States Infantry, 1814-15. Distinguished in battle of Maguaga, 
Michigan; 181 2. Received silver medal from Congress for 
gallantry in Commodore Perry's victory on Lake Erie; 1813. 

1893. Bristow, Frank Henry, 

300 Eighth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Daniel Sickles, Sailing- Master United States 
Navy; 1812-14. Served in the New York Flotilla. 



I 



I 

1 



1 89 1. Brooke, Benjamin, Captain and Assistant Surgeon, 65 

U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Grandson of Jesse Brooke, Private in Delaware County Troop, 

(Captains Robin.son and John F. Van Leer, Commanding), Penn- 

.sylvania Militia ; 18 14-15, 

1893. *Brooke, Francis Mark, (Life Membership). 188 

1 616 Summer Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Nathan Brooke, Private in First Company, Sixty- 
fifth Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel John Pierson, Command- 
ing), Pennsylvania Militia; 1S14-15. 

•Dlc«l OeoemhtT 29. 1><98. 



39 

Elected. State No. 

1891. Brooke, John, Major and Surgeon U. S. Army. 64 

Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa. 
Son of Jesse Brooke, Private in Delaware County Troop, (Cap- 
tains Robinson and John F. Van Leer, Commanding), Pennsyl- 
vania Militia ; 18 14-15. 

1 89 1. Brooke, John Rutter, Major General U. S. Army, 44 

Havana, Cuba. 
Son of William Brooke, Private in Eleventh Company ("Wash- 
ington Guards," of Reading, Berks County, Captain Daniel de 
B. Keim, Commanding) ; First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- 
teer Infantry, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding) ; 
Pennsylvania Volunteers; 1814-15. 

1894. Brown, Dudley Parrish, 255 

Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory. 
Great-grandson of William Dudley, Colonel of Regiment Ken- 
tucky Volunteers ; 181 2-1 3. Killed at Battle of Fort Meigs, 
Ohio ; 1813. 

1896. Buchanon, Hon, William Insco, 360 

U. S. Minister, Buenos Ayres, Argentina. 
Great-grandson of George Buchanon, Major of the Second 
Battalion, Fourth Regiment, Second Brigade, Fifth Division, 
Ohio Militia , 1814-15. 

1892. Bulloch, Joseph G., M. D., 173 

137 Duffy Street, Savannah, Ga. 
Grandson of John Lewis, Sergeant of Liberty County Indepen- 
dent Troop, (Captain Joseph Jones, Commanding); and Colonel 
John McPherson Berrien's Regiment, Georgia Militia, 1812. 



40 

Elected. State No. 

1891. BuLLUs, William Ellison, 60 

162 West Perm Street, Germantowu, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Bullus, Surgeon United States Navy and 
Navy Agent of Port of New York; 1812-15. Serv'ed under 
command of Commodore James Barron, United States Navy. 

1891. *BuRBANK, Clayton Sullivan, Captain U. S. Army, 32 

Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory. 
Grandson of Sullivan Burbank, Captain and Brevet Major, United 
States Army. Distinguished for gallant service at battles of 
Sackett's Harbor, New York, 1813 ; Plattsburg, New York; 
Chippew^a and Niagara, Canada; 1814. Led "forlorn hope" 
and severely wounded in latter actioJi. Received brevet of Major 
for braver3\ 

*Died March 8, 1898. 

1891. BuRDETT, Charles L., 92 

Hartford, Conn. 
Grandson of Lewis Prescott, United States Navy. Served on 
United States Frigate "Constitution," under command of Cap- 
tains Isaac Hull and William Bainbridge, United States Navy, 
1812 ; and on United States Brig, "Enterprise," Lieutenant 
William Burrows, United States Navy, Commanding; 1813. 

1893. BuRGiN, George Horace, M. D., 181 

63 West Chelten Avenue, German town, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Grandnephew of John Burgin, Deputy Contractor and Forage 

Master. Served in Army of the Northwest under General 

William Henry Harrison; 1812-15. 

Great-grandson of Jacob Lent/,, Private in Captain William Hold- 
gate's Company of Second Regiment, (Colonel Louis Bache, Com- 
manding); Pennsylvania Volunteers, attached to First Brigade, 
(Brigadier General Samuel Smith, Commanding); Second Divi- 
sion, (Major General Henry Scheetz, Commanding); Pennsyl- 
vania Militia. In service of the United States, August 12, to 
November 29, 1814. 



41 

Elected. State No. 

1894. BuRGiN, Herman, M. D., 244 

63 West Chelten Aveuue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Jacob Lentz, Private in Captain William Hold- 
gate's Company of Second Regiment, (Colonel Louis Bache, Com- 
manding); Pennsjdvania Volunteers, attached to First Brigade, 
(BrigadierGeneralSamuel Smith, Commanding); Second Division, 
(Major General Henrj' Scheetz, Commanding); Pennsylvania 
(Militia. In service of the United States, August 12, to Novem- 
ber 29, 1814. 

Grandnephew of John Caner Herman, Private in Second Com- 
pany, ("Junior Artillerists," Captain Jacob Cash, Jr., Com- 
manding); First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Andrew M. Prevost, Commanding); of 
"Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier 
General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding). In service of the 
United States, August 26, 1814, to January 3, 1815. 

1880. *BuRKHART, Valentine, 

711 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Valentine Burkhart, Private in Third Company, ("Wash- 
ington Guards," Captain Condy Raguet, Commanding); Fourth 
Detachment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, (Colonel Lewis 
Rush Commanding); 1813. Also, Private in Captain John R. 
Mifflin's (First) Company of "Washington Guards," First 
Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantrj-, (Colonel Clement 
C. Biddle, Commanding); of the "Advance Light Brigade," 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwala- 
der, Commanding;. In service of the United States, August, 27 to 
October, 1814. Veteran Member of " Society of War of 1812," 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

♦Died, , 1892. 



42 

Elected. State No. 

1894. Cadwalader, Charles Evert, M. D., 245 

240 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa- 
Grandson of Thomas Cadwalader, Captain Second Troop, Phila- 
delphia City Cavalry; 181 2. Colonel of Regiment of Cavalry, 
Peimsylvania Volunteers; 18 13-14. Brigadier General Com- 
manding the '"Advance Light Brigade" of Pennsylvania 
Volunteers for the defence of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 18 14-15; 
and in command of the Middle Military Division of the United 
States to close of war ; 1815. 

1891. Cadwalader, John, 8 

1519 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Thomas Cadwalader, Brigadier General Command- 
ing the "Advance Light Brigade" of Pennsylvania Volunteers 
for the defence of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; 18 14-15. 

1896. Calder, Charles Grant, 369 

276 Fifty-seventh Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Moses Grinnell, Master's Mate, U. S. Navy, 
March 11, 1812 to September 13, 1815 ; Newport, R. L Flotilla. 

1896. Carleton, Horace Morrison, 362 

Temple Court, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Jonathan Morrison, Sergeant in Captain Stephen 
Brown's Company, Fifth Regiment of Detached Militia of New 
Hampshire, (Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Levering, Com- 
manding) ; 18 14. 

1892. Case, David Brainard, Major U. S. \'olunteers, 161 

Marietta, Pa. 
Grandson of William G. Scott, Ensign and Second Lieutenant 
Fifteenth Regiment, United Stales Infantry, (Colonel Zebulon 
M. Pike, Connnanding) ; 18 12, 



43 

Elkctkd. State No. 

1896. Chambers, Charles Houghtaling, 356 

Chestnut Avenue, Trenton, N. J. 
Son of Ralph Chambers, Private in Captain WilHani Smith's 
Company, Sixth Regiment, United States Infantry, from April 
8, 181 3, to end of the War. 

1896. ^Chambers, Euas Hulfish, 370 

Waretown, N. J. 
Son of Ralph Chambers, Private in Captain William Smith's 
Company, Sixth Regiment, United States Infantry, from April 8, 
18 13, to end of the War. 

♦Died November 23, 1S96. 

1896. Chambers, Walter Lee, 357 

3844 Brown Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Ralph Chambers, Private in Captain William Smith's 
Company, Sixth Regiment, United States Infantry, from April 8, 
1813, to end of the War. 

1894. Chapman, Paul Goddard, 241 

1244 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Ebenezer Chapman, Private in Captain Samuel 
Collins' Company, First Regiment, New Hampshire (Detached) 
Militia ; 1814. 

1894. Chauncey, Harry David, 253 

109 West Eighty-second Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of John E. W. Stevenson, Private in Captain James B. 
Murray's Company of New York Artillery, Major Daniel E. 
Dunscomb's Battalion of Governor's Guards, New York State 
Militia ; 18 14. 



44 

Electbd. State No. 

1893. CincNowETH, Alexander Crawford, • 191 

41 East Fifth-ninth Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of William Bradford Crawford, Private in Captain 
Richard B. Magruder's Company of "American Artillerists," 
First Regiment of Artiller\', (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. Also, Captain of Bat- 
tery, in same Regiment, (Colonel Richard B. Magruder, Com- 
manding) ; 1S14-15. 

1891. Clark, Arthur Wellington, M. D., 48 

Cor. Ontario and Ohio Streets, Lawrence, Kan. 
Great-grandson of Ralph Houghton, Private in Detached Com- 
pany of Captain Humphrey, in Lieutenant Colonel Dudley's 
Regiment, Massachusetts Militia : 1814. 

1892. Clement, Charles Maxwell, 149 

Sunbury, Pa. 
Grandson of Evan C. Clement, Sergeant Major in Colonel 
Joshua Ladd Howell's Regiment, New Jersey Militia ; 1814. 

1896. Coe. Henry Clark, 349 

27 East Sixty-fourth Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Adam Simmons Coe. Second Lieutenant May 6, 
1811 ; First Lieutenant May 11, 1S12 ; and Captain August i, 
1814 of --The Independent Volunteers," of Newport, Rhode 
Island. In Command of Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island. 

1896. Coleman, Rt. Rev. Leighton, LL.D., S.T.D.. 372 

Bishop of Delaware. 

Wilmington, Delaware. 
Grand.son of John Coleman, Private in Captain Samuel Sterett's 
Independent Company. Fifth Regiment Infantry, Joseph Sterett 
Colonel Commandant), Third Brigade, Third Division, j Mary- 
land Militia. In service of the United States ; 1814. 



45 

ELKCTEn. State No. 

1893. *CoixiNS, Charles Lee, Captain U. S. Army, 174 

Manila, P. I. 
Great-grandnephew of Robert Stevenson Coffin, enlisted as a 
Sailor in the United States Navy ; 181 2. Captured and held as 
prisoner of war on board British frigate. 

*Died September 7, 1899. 

1891. Collins, Holdridge Ozro, 73 

Los Angeles, Cal. 
Grandson of Anthony Van Etten, ist Sergeant in Captain Daniel 
Curtice's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Philetus 
Swift's Regiment, New York Militia; 1812-13. Wounded at 
Black Rock, N. Y. Subsequently commissioned First Lieutenant 
New York State Militia. 

1S96. COMEGVS, Benjamin Bartis, 345 

421 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Cornelius Parsons Comegys, Lieutenant Colonel Com- 
mandant Fifth Regiment, and Adjutant General of Delaware 
Militia ; 1814-15. 

1899. Comegys, Edward Tiefin, Major and Surgeon U. S. Army, 407 

Atlanta, Georgia. 
Grandson of Cornelius Parsons Comegys, Lieutenant Colonel 
Commandant Fifth Regiment, and Adjutant General of Dela- 
ware Militia ; 1814-15. 

1891. Comegys, William H., Major and Paymaster U. S. Army, 87 

Army Building, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Cornelius Parsons Comegys, Lieutenant Colonel 
Commandant Fifth Regiment, and Adjutant General of Dela- 
ware Militia ; 1814-15. 



46 

Electbd. State No. 

1897. Cook, Joseph Tottenham, M. D., 383 

636 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Grandson of Joseph Tottingham, Wagoner in Volunteers from 
Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont, (Captain Caleb Hendee, 
Jr., Commanding); 18 14. 

1 89 1. CORBUSIER, William Henry, Major and Surgeon 16 

U. S. Army, War Department, ^A/ashington, D. C. 

Grandson of Stephen Myers, Private in Captain John Snedeker's 
Company, Eighty-third Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Com- 
mandant Benjamin J. Gurnee, Commanding), New York State 
Militia; 18 14. 

1 89 1. Corliss, Augustus Whittemore, Lieutenant Colonel 55 

U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Grandson of Kbenezer Corliss, Private in Captain Daniel 

Mitchell's Company of (Detached) Maine Militia; 1814. Also 

served in North Yarmouth (Maine) Guards. 

1899. CoRwiN, David Rittenhouse Porter, 408 

Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Son of David Corwiu, Jr., Private in Captain Richard Penny's 
Company, Consolidated Regiment of New York State Militia, 
commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Michael Smith; 
September 7, to December 12, 1814. 

1899. Crowell, James Gardner, 404 

5022 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Samuel Babcock, First Lieutenant Corps of Engi- 
neers, United States Army, July i, 18 12; Captain in same, 
September 20, 18 12; Assistant Engineer, Third Military District 
(Maryland and Virginia), 1813; Major and Chief Engineer of 
the forces commanded by Major General Samuel Smith in the 
defence of Baltimore, Maryland; 18 14. 



47 

Elected. State No. 

1899. Crowell, Samuel Babcock, 388 

4420 Osage Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Graudsou of Samuel Babcock, First Lieutenant Corps of Engi- 
neers, United States Army, July i, 18 12; Captain in same, Sep- 
tember 20, 1812 ; Assistant Engineer, Third Military District 
(Maryland and Virginia), 1813; Major and Chief Engineer of 
the forces commanded by Major General Samuel Smith in the 
defence of Baltimore, Maryland; 18 14. 



1891. *Dallas, Alexander J., Eieutenant Colonel U. S. Army. 34 

Orlando, Fla. 
Son of Alexander James Dallas, Lieutenant United States Navy; 
181 2-15. Served under Captain John Rodgers, United States 
Navy, 1811-12; and under Captain Charles Ridgely, United 
States Navy, 18 14. 

*Died Jnly 20, 1S95. 



1895. Damon, Albert Forster, 306 

221 South Forty-first Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Joseph Damon, Private in Captain Edward F. 
Jacobs' Company of Artillery, Second Regiment, First Brigade, 
Fifth Division, Massachusetts Militia; 1814. 



1895. *Damon, Edwin Adams, 307 

1904 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Joseph Damon, Private in Captain Edward F. 
Jacobs' Company of Artillery, Second Regiment, First Brigade, 
Fifth Division, Massachusetts Militia; 1814. 

»Died November 16, 1896. 



43 

Elbcted. State No. 

1897. Darrach. Edgar, 392 

314 North Thirty-third vStreet, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Thomas B. Darrach, Private in Third Company of 
"Washington Guards," (Captain Thomas Franklin Pleasants, 
Commanding); the Fifth Company, First Regiment, Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteer Infantry, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Com- 
manding); of the "Advance Light Brigade," C Brigadier 
General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding), Pennsylvania 
Volunteers. In service of the United States, August 29, 18 14, 
to January 3, 1815. Veteran Member of " Society of War of 
18 12," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

1891. *Davis, Augustus Plummer, 82 

Cor. Howe Street and Denniston Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Grandson of Jacob Davis, Captain of Company of Infantry in 
First Regiment, (Colonel John Stone, Commanding), First 
Brigade, Eighth Division, Massachusetts (or Province of Maine), 
Militia; 1812-15. 

♦Died, May 21, 1899. 

1893. Davis, Charles Lukens, Major U. S. Army, 220 

Puerto Rico, W. I. 
Nephew of Isaac Davis, Surgeon Sixth Regiment, United States 
Infantry ; 1812-13. Also Surgeon Third Regiment, United States 
Infantry ; 18 14. Died in service. 

1894. Derr, Andrew Fein, 267 

38 North River Street, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
Grandson of Michael Derr, Private in Captain Phineas Kelly's 
Company, (Buck's County), First Brigade, (Brigadier General, 
Samuel Smith Commanding), Second Division, Pennsylvania 
Militia; 1814. 



49 

ELhCTKD. StaTK Xo. 

1894. Dewey, George Eugene, 289 

651 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Grandson of Jeremiah Dewey, Fifer in lieutenant Witt Lane's 
Company, Thirty-sixth Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Com- 
mandant, Thomas Miller, Commanding), New York State Militia; 

1813. 

1894. Dewey, Hiram Stapleford, 290 

138 Fulton Street, New York, N. Y, 
Grandson of Jeremiah Dewey, Fifer in Lieutenant Witt Lane's 
Company, Thirty-sixth Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Command- 
ant Thomas Miller, Commanding) ; New York State Militia ; 
1813. 

1894. Dewey, Hiram Todd. 288 

657 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Son of Jeremiah Dewey, Fifer in Lieutenant Witt Lane's Com- 
pany, Thirty-sixth Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Commandant 
' Thomas Miller, Commanding), New York State Militia ; 18 13. 

1893. DeYoung, Charles, 224 

1000 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Isaac DeYoung, Musician in Captain Benjamin H. Price's 
Company, Third Regiment, New Jersey State Artillery ; 1812-15. 
Participated in eleven (11) actions during war, and wounded in 
battle of Lundy's Lane, Canada ; 1814. 

1894. DoRCY, Ben. Holladay, Lieutenant U. S. Army., 272 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of Nathaniel H. Downe, Captain of Privateer 
"Dolphin"; 1812-14. Captured by enemy, held prisoner-of- 
war at Halifax, N. S., and exchanged ; 18 14. 



50 

Blected. Statb No. 

1894. DuANE, Russell, 263 

2I0I DeLaucey Place, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of William Duane. Lieutenant-Colonel of United 
States Rifle Regiment, 1812-13. Also, Colonel and Adjutant 
General United States Army ; 18 13-15. 

1893. Dudley, Augustus Palmer, M. D., 211 

640 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Patrick Dudley, Ensign Company " F," (Captain 
E. Percy, Commanding), Colonel A. Reed's Regiment, Massa- 
chusetts (or Province of Maine) Militia ; 181 2-13. 
Grandson of Francis Wyman, Orderly Sergeant Company " F," 
(same Regiment), Massachusetts (or Province of Maine) Militia ; 
1812-13. 

1891 . Dudley, Edgar Swartwout, Captain and Assistant Quarter- 67 
master U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Grandson of Peter Dudley, Brigadier General (Commanding 
Brigade of Bennington County), Vermont Militia ; 18 12-15. 

1899. DuNLAP, Sallows, 409 j 

927 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | 
Grandson of Sallows Dunlap, Private in Captain Henry Meyers' J 
Company, First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 
(Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding); of "Advance Light 
Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas 
Cadwalader, Commanding); 1814. 

I 

1893. Egle, William Henry, M. D., 201 

Harrisburg, Pa, 
Grandson of John von Treupel, Private in Captain John Hurst's 

Company of Montgomery County Riflemen ; the Fifteenth Com- ■ 

pany. First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Riflemen, (Col- ' 

onel Thomas Humphreys, Commanding); of "Advance Light | 

Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas | 

Cadwalader, Commanding); 18 14-15. ' 



i 



51 

Elkctkd. State No. 

1894. Ellis, Edward Dimick, 286 

37 River Street, Chicago, Ills. 
Great-grandson of Asa Chapman, Private in Captain William 
Palmer's Company, Connecticut Militia ; 18 13. 

1895. EsTE, Charles, 302 

41 1 1 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Charles Este, Surgeon Third Ohio Volunteers, 
Army of the Northwest ; 1812. 

1893. Evans, Ellwood Waller, Lieutenant U. S. Army, 189 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of William Waller, Private in Captain James 
Foster's Company of Fifty-first Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Henry Amey, Commanding), Maryland Militia ; 181 4. 

1895. Faber, Willis Henry, 3^3 

Wiliiamsport, Penna. 
Great-grandson of Samuel Faber, Corporal Captain Fisher's 
Company, Fifth Battalion, (Major James McFarlan, Command- 
ing), P'irst Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia; 1814. 

1894. FoRBUSH, William Curtis, Major U. S. Army, 281 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Representative of Asa Forbush, Private in Westboro Company 
of Massachusetts Militia ; 18 12. 

1892. Ford, John D., Commander U. S. Navy, 130 

1522 West Lauvale Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John Ford, Private of the "Baltimore Patriots," 
(Captain Robert Lavvson, Commanding) ; Fifth Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 



52 

Slbctkd. State No. 

1892. Fowler, Edward Sydney, 121 

447 Eighth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Grandson of Gilbert Ogden Fowler, Aid-de-Camp to Brigadier 
General Leonard Smith, Commanding Thirty-fourth Brigade, 
New York State Militia ; 1813-14 ; also Brigade Quartermaster ; 
1815. Grandson of Chauncey Belknap, Major Orange County 
Regiment of Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Commandant L'^aac 
Belknap, Jr., Commanding), New York State Militia ; 181 2-15. 

1895. Frazrr, James Patriot Wilson. 340 

416 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Steele, Jr., Captain Thirt5'-second Regiment, 
United States Infantry ; 18 13-15. 

1892. Frazer, Persifor, D. Sc. (Un. de France), 145 

Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Thomas Cave, Assistant Apothecary General, 
United States Army ; 1814. 

1895. Frazer, Reah, Paymaster, U. S. Navy, 341 

Navy Department, Wa.shington, D. C. 
Grandson of John Steele, Jr., Captain Thirty-second Regiment, 
United States Infantry ; 1813-15. 

1896. Fretz, John Edgar, M. D., 35S 

Easton, Pa. 
Great-grandson, of David Johnston, Private in Captain Nathan 
James' Company, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Gilkyson's Regi- 
ment, First Brigade, Second Division, Pennsylvania Militia. 
In .service of the United States, September 15, to December 
15, 18 14. 



53 

ELKCTKD. STATE NO. 

1877. *Frick, Albert W., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

Grandsou of Jacob Frick, Private in "State Fencibles," (Captain 
Hartman Kuhn, Commanding); First Regiment Pennsylvania 
Volunteer Infantry, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding); 
of "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers. (Briga- 
dier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding). In service of 
the United States, November 21, 1814, to January 4, 1815. 
Veteran Member of " Society of War of 1812," Philadelphia, 
Penns5'lvania. 

♦Died May 2. 1893. 

1 89 1. Frost, Rev. Timothy Prescott, 33 

981 Broad Street, Nev^^ark, N. J. 
Son of Timothy Moore Frost, Private (and Musician), in Captain 
Ambrose L. Brown's (Rutland) Company, Vermont Militia ; 18 14. 

1899. Galloney, Frank Hutchinson, 406 

Devon, Pa. 
Great-great-grandson of Captain David Kirkpatrick, Military Store- 
keeper at Wilmington, Delaware ; 18 13-15. 

1891. Garrard, Joseph, Captain U. S. Army, 18 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Daniel Garrard, Captain Kentucky Militia ; 
1812-15. 

1897. Glass, Rev. James Gamewell, 380 

Summerville, South Carolina. 
Great-grandson of John Glass, Private in Captain Dunham's Com- 
pany, First Regiment, First Brigade, First Division Georgia Militia. 
In service of the United States, December 23, 18 14, to January, 
1815. Also in "Savannah Volunteer Guards," (Captain James 
Marshall, Commanding), January, to February 22, 181 5. 



54 

1893. ^Goodwin, Chari.es Ridgely, 190 

900 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Robert Morris Goodwin, Ensign Fifth Regiment, United 
States Infantry, 181 2; transferred to Third Regiment, United 
States Infantry, 1812; Third Lieutenant, same Regiment, 1813; 
Second Lieutenant, same Regiment, 18 13-14. 

»Diea May 19, 1894. 



1892. Gordon, Ray Tompkins, 120 

245 West One Hundred and Thirty-second Street, 

New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Honorable Daniel D. Tompkins, Governor of the 
State of New York and Commander-in-Chief of the Third 
Military District of the United States; 181 2-14. 



1895. Green, Frank Delaplaine, 329 

1415 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Isaac Green. Private in "Junior Artillerists," 
(Captain Jacob Cash, Jr., Commanding); the Second Company, 
First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, (Colonel 
Andrew M. Prevost. Commanding); of "Advance Light Bri- 
gade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas 
Cadwalader, Commanding). In ser\-ice of the United States. 
August 26, 1814. to January 3, 1815. 



1891. 



*Gkken, William Webb, 4^ 

235 Central Park (West). New York, N. Y. 
Son of Richard Green, Captain of East Haddam South Company, 
Twenty-fourth Regiment, Connecticut Militia; 1812-13. 

«Die<l December :». 1894. 



55 

Elected. State No- 

1 89 1. Greene, Richard Henry, 45 

235 Central Park (West), New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Richard Green, Captain of East Haddam South Com- 
pany, Twenty-fourth Regiment, Connecticut Militia ; 18 12-13. 
Grandson of William W. Todd, Major Fifty-first Regiment, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Isaac Alvan Van Hook, Com- 
manding), New York State Militia; 1812. Promoted Lieutenant 
Colonel, same Regiment; 18 14. 

1892. Gregg, Levi Laertes, 164 

122 Front Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Levi Hardin Parish, Private in Captain Elijah 
Clark's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Peter Allen's 
Regiment, New York State Militia, under command of Major 
General Stephen Van Rensselaer. Wounded at battle of Queens- 
ton, Canada; 1812. Also, Sergeant in Captain Jeremiah B. 
Parish's Company of Riflemen, Twenty-second Regiment, (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Commandant Peter Allen, Commanding), New 
York State Militia; 181 5. 

1893. Gresham, John Chowning, Captain U. S. Army, 215 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Rawleigh Dunaway, Quartermaster Sergeant Ninety- 
second Regiment, Virginia Militia, (Lieutenant Colonel John 
Chowning, Commanding); 181 3-14. 

1896. Griffiths, William Herrick, 376 

37 Maiden Lane, Albany, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Joshua Grifiith, Private in Captain Daniel 
Root's Company, Seventeenth Regiment (Mead's), New York 
Detached State Militia. In service of the United States, September 
8, to November 2, 18 12, 



56 

Ri,KtTKn. Statk No. 

1895. Haddock, Stanley Brickett, 314 

438 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of John Shinn, First Troop, Philadelphia City 
Cavalry. Also, Colonel Seventy-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers; 1S14. 

1892. Haight, Frederick Everest, 136 

22 Thomas Street, New York, N. Y. 
Great-grandnephew of Joel Cook, Captain Fourth Regiment, 
United States Infantry, (Colonel John P. Boyd, Commanding). 
Oflficially complimented by Major General William Henry Harrison 
for bravery at battle of Tippecanoe ; 1 8 1 1 . Surrendered prisoner 
of war by Brigadier General William Hull at Detroit, Michigan ; 
1812. 

1893. Haixs, John Power, Lieutenant U. S. Army, 197 

War Department, Washington. D. C. 
Great-grandson of William Smythe Jenkins, Sergeant in Captain 
William Smith's Company of Mounted Volunteers, Virginia 
Militia ; 1813-14. 

1895. Halberstadt, George Howell, M. D. 332 

Pottsville, Pa. 
Grandson of Thomas J. Baird, Third Lieutenant United States 
Artillery, 1S14 ; trans'erred to United States Artillery Corps; 
1815. 

1891. Hammond, Andrew Goodrich, Captain U. S. Army, 97 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Franklin Ripley, Quartermaster in Colonel Edwards' 
Regiment of Massachusetts Militia ; 18 14. 



I 



57 

Elected. State No. 

1894. Hart, Byerly, 268 

108 South Twenty-first Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Byerly, Corporal in Second Troop, Philadel- 
phia City Cavalr>-, f Captain William Rawle, Jr., Commanding); 
attached to the '"Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding) : 
1814. 

1895. H.\TFiELD, Henry Reed, 308 

723 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Adam Hatfield, Captain Fifty-first Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Militia ; 1812-14. 

1894. Haverstick, George Henry, 235 

505 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of George Musser, First Lieutenant, afterward Cap- 
tain, First Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonels Jeremiah Schappel 
and William Hamilton, Commanding) ; Second Brigade, (Briga- 
dier General John Addanis, Commanding) ; in Division of Penn- 
sj-lvania Militia, commanded by Major General Nathaniel Wat- 
son ; 1 8 14. 

1888. *Hay, Malcoem, 7 

Asheville, N. C. 
Great-grandson of Peter Hay, Private in "Junior Artillerists," 
(Captain Jacob H. Fisler, Commanding), 1813 ; and Sergeant 
in Third Company, " Northern Liberty Artillerists," (Captain 
John Naglee, Commanding) ; First Regiment Pennsylvania 
Volunteer Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel Andrew M. Prevost, 
Commanding) ; of "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Command- 
ing). In service of the United States, September 8, 1814, to 
January 3, 1815. Veteran Member of " Society of War of 1812," 
Philadelphia, I'ennsylvania. 

♦Died , 1891. 



58 

Ei-K(-TED. State No. 

1875. Hav, Peter Stuart, i 

4962 Rubicain Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Peter Hay, Private in "Junior Artillerists," (Captain 
Jacob H. Fisler, Commanding), 18 13; and Sergeant in Third 
Company, "Northern Liberty Artillerists," (Captain John 
Naglee, Commanding); First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel Andrew M. Prevost, Command- 
ing); of "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
(Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding). In ser- 
vice of the United States, September 8, 1814, to January 3, 1815. 
Veteran Member of " Society of War of 1812," Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. 

1896. Hayden, Charlies Leslie, 373 

Woodland Avenue and Sixty-sixth Street, Philadephia, Pa. 
Grandson of Horace H, Hayden, M. D., Sergeant in Captain 
Thomas Warner's Company, Thirty-ninth Regiment, Maryland 
Militia, (Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Fowler, Commanding). 
Also, Acting Assistant Surgeon, under orders of Major General 
Samuel Smith, Commanding forces at Baltimore, Maryland; 18 14. 

1892. Hayden, Rev. Horace Edwin, 129 

Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
Grandson of Horace H. Hayden, M. D., Sergeant in Captain 
Thomas Warner's Company, Thirty-ninth Regiment, Maryland 
Militia, (Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Fowler, Commanding). 
Also, Acting Assistant Surgeon, under orders of Major General 
Samuel Smith, Commanding forces at Baltimore, Maryland; 18 14. 
Grandnephew of Nicholas Nixon Robinson, Ensign Fourteenth 
Regiment United States Infantry, 1812 ; Third Lieutenant, same 
Regiment, 18 13 ; Second Lieutenant, same Regiment, 1S13; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, Second Regiment, United States Infantry, 18 15. 
Grandnephew of John Manlove Robinson, Private in Captain 
Peter Pinney's Company, Twenty-seventh Regiment, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Kennedy Long, Commanding), Maryland Militia : 1814. 
Grandnephew of Benjamin Hazel Robinson, Private in Captain 
Aaron R. Levering's Company, P'ifth Regiment. (Lieutenant 
Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), Maryland Militia: 1814. 



59 

Elkctkd. ■ State No. 

1892. Henry, John Francis, Jr., 169 

117a St. James' Place, Brooklyn, N, Y. 
Great-grandson of Peter Gale, Private in Captain Walker '.s Com- 
pany, Second Regiment. (Colonel E. Fifield, Commanding), 
Vermont Militia ; also. Private in Captain Henry Mayo's Com- 
pany, First Regiment, (Colonel William Williams, Command- 
ing); Second Brigade, Third Division, Vermont Militia, under 
command of General Alexander Macomb ; 1812-14. 



1897. Hester, Jacob, M. D. , 377 

5250 Pulaski Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of John Dipolt Hester, Private in Captain Garrett Dorset 
Wall's Company, (Colonel John Dodd's Regiment), New Jersey 
Detached Militia. In service of the United States, October 15, to 
December 20, 18 14. Veteran Member of " Society of War of 
1812," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 



1 89 1. Heyl, Charles Heath, Major and Assistant Inspector 95 

General U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Grandson of Philip Heyl, Captain and Owner of Privateer Brig 

"Amy." Captured during war, ( 18 14), and held as prisoner 

one year at Dartmoor, England. 



1891. *Heyl, Edward Miles, Colonel and Inspector General 24 

U. S. Army, Chicago, 111. 

Grandson of Philip Heyl, Captain and Owner of Privateer Brig 

"Amy." Captured during war, (1814), and held as prisoner 

one year at Dartmoor, England. 

♦Died January 2, 1895. 



60 

Electkd. State No. 

1891. HoBART, David McKnight, 59 

2219 St. James' Place, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Nathaniel Potts Hobart, Sergeant in Eleventh Com- 
pany, ("Washington Guards" of Reading, Berks County^ 
Captain Daniel deB. Keini, Commanding;; First Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, 
Commanding); of "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Vol- 
unteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding); 
1814-15. 

Grandson of William Rudolph Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Thirty- 
third Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia; 1S11-14. Also, Colonel 
Sixty-second Regiment, Penns3'lvania Reserves; 1814-15. 
Great-grand.son of Joseph Anthony, Captain Third Company of 
"Washington Guards," Pennsylvania Volunteers; 1813-14. 
Died in service, August 5, 1814. 



1892. HoDGKiNs, Joseph Wilson, 139 

P. O. Box 1942, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of John Bubier, Midshipman United States Navy ; 
1813; Captured on United States Brig "Siren," (Lieutenant 
Campbell, Commanding, 1814 ; and held as prisoner of war at 
Dartmoor, England, till close of war. 



1891. HoKF, Arthur Bainbridge, Lieutenant U. S. Navy, 62 

Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of William Bainbridge, Captain United States 
Nav)-. Received the thanks of Congress and gold medal for 
capture of British frigate "Java," by United States frigate 
"Con.stitution ;" 18 12. 



61 

Ei.KCTEn. State No. 

iSqi. Hoff, William Bainbridge, Captain U. S. Navy, 6i 

Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of William Bainbridge, Captain United States Navy. 
Received the thanks of Congress and gold medal for capture of 
British frigate "Java," by United States frigate "Constitution ;" 
1812. 

1892. Hoffman, Alexander, W., 125 

806 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Grandson of William Hoifman, First Lieutenant in Captain Gil- 
bert Seaman's Company, Forty-first Regiment United States 
Infantry, (Colonel Robert Bogardus, Commanding); 1813-15. 

1892. Hoffman, Charles Wheeler, 151 

Bozeman, Montana. 
Grandson of William Hoffman, First Lieutenant in Captain Gil- 
bert Seaman's Company, Forty-first Regiment United States 
Infantry, (Colonel Robert Bogardus, Commanding); 1813-15. 

1896. HoRD, Rev. Arnold Harris, 375 

Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Captain Elias Hord, commanding a company 
of Kentucky Mounted Scouts; 1813. Participated in Winchester's 
defeat and the battle of the Thames. 

Great-grandson of Brigadier General Robert Armstrong, Ten- 
nessee Militia ; commanding Nashville (Tennessee) Artillery in 
the Creek campaign. Participated in the battles of Talladega, 
November 9, 1813 ; Emuckface, January 22, and Enotochopco, 
January 24, 1814, where he was severely wounded. In command 
of the artillery in the battle of New Orleans, January 8, 18 15. 
Great-grandiiephew of John Armstrong, First Lieutenant First 
Tennessee Rifles, February 10, 1S12, until his death, September 
27, 1812, 



62 

State No. 
Elected. 

1893. Horn, Tiemann Newell, Lieutenant U. S. Army, 217 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of Joseph Horn, Captain of Company of Second 
Regiment, New York State Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel Peter 
Curtenius, Commanding); 1812. Majorof same Regiment; 1814. 

1894. *HousTON, Henry Howard, 265 

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Samuel Nelson Houston, Private in Captain Henry Ship- 
pen's Company of Lancaster County Yagers, First Brigade. 
Fourth Division, Pennsylvania Militia; 18 14. 

•Died June 20, 1895. 

1894. Houston, Samuel Frederic, 266 

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Samuel Nelson Houston, Private in Captain Henry 
Shippen's Company of Lancaster County Yagers, First Brigade, 
Fourth Division, Pennsylvania Militia; 1814. 

1891. Howe, Henry Smith, Captain U. S. Army, 19 

North Cambridge, Mass. 
Grandson of Nathaniel Sias, Major Fourth Regiment of Infantry 
and Artillery, New Hampshire Militia; 1812-15. 

1892. Hughes, Henry Douglas, 127 

Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Edward Hughes, Private in Captain John May's 
Company, Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, (Colonel 
Jeremiah Schappell, Commanding); 1814. 

1894. HuRD, Rukard, 243 

32 East Fourth Street, St. Paul, Minn. 
Grandson of Alexander Duncan, Private in Captain M. Wood's 
Company, Colonel D. ColHer's Regiment, Ohio Militia; 1814, 
Also, Private in same Company, Colonel J. Dawson's Regiment, 
Ohio Militia ; 1814. 



63 

Elected. State No. 

1895. Hyde, James Clarence, 335 

6 West One Hundred and Fourth Street, New York, N. Y. 

Great-grandson of Norman Clark, Sergeant First Regiment, 

First Brigade, Thirteenth Division, Massachusetts Militia; 

1812-14. 

1895. Hyde, Raymond Newton, 336 

6 West One Hundred and Fourth Street, New York, N. Y. 

Great-grandson of Norman Clark, Sergeant First Regiment, 

First Brigade, Thirteenth Division, Massachusetts Militia ; 

1812-14. 

1894. Ives, Francis Joseph, Captain and Assistant Surgeon 275 

U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Grandson of Raphael Semmes, Private in Captains Roger Dun- 
nington and Thomas Burgess' and Lieutenant Walter M, Miller's 
Companies of Maryland Militia, under command of Brigadier 
General Stewart ; 18 14. 

1894. *Jackson, Alfred Baury, I,ieutenant U. S. Army, 242 

Fort Robinson, Neb. 
Grandson of Samuel Jackson, Private in First Troop, Philadelphia 
City Cavalry, (Captain Charles Ross, Commanding); attached 
to the "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
(Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding). In 
service of the United States August 27, to December 20, 18 14. 
Grandnephew of Frederick Baury, Midshipman United States 
Navy; 1812-14. Promoted Lieutenant, United States Navy; 
1 8 14. Presented with sword by Congress for gallant services in 
capture of the British sloop-of-war, "Reindeer." Drowned by 
sinking of the United States sloop-of-war, "Wasp," (Captain 
John.ston Blakeley, Commanding); 1814. 

♦Died 1807. 



64 

Ei-R<. TF.D. State Xo. 

1892. Jackson, Chari.es B.. 11 1 

150 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Andrew Sitcher, Lieutenant Colonel Third 
Regiment, New York State Artillery, 1812 ; also. Colonel First 
Regiment, United States Volunteer Artillery ; 18 12-13. 

1895. James, John Faraday, 309 

Fort Hamilton, N. Y. H. 
Grandson of Zebulon Townsend Hubbs, Private in Captain 
Cheeseman's Company, Colonel Bedell's Regiment, New York 
State Militia; 18 14. 

1891. *JoHNSON, Alfred B., Captain U. S. Army, 47 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of James Steele, Brigade Inspector, Pennsylvania 
Militia; 1812. Promoted Brigadier General same year, "for 
gallant and meritorious services in the field." Promoted Major 
General Third Division, Pennsylvania Militia; 1813. 

•Died Marcli 18, 1897. 

1893. Johnson, Harvey, 176 

Atlanta, Ga. 
Grandson of James Johnson, lyieutenant Colonel of Regiment, 
Kentucky Mounted Volunteers, (Colonel Richard M. Johnson, 
Commanding;. Distingui.shed for gallantry in the battle of the 
Thames, Canada; 18 13. 

1883. *JouNSON, John C, 4 

4100 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Samuel Johnson. Served in Maryland Militia in defence 
of Fort McHenry, Maryland; 1814. 

•Died July ni, 189t. 



65 

Elected. State No. 

1897. Johnston, John Alexander, Major and Assistant Adjutant 386 
General U. S. Ami)'', War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of Daniel Sweene}^, Corporal in Captain Jere- 
miah Ferree's Company in the First (Colonel Joel Ferree's) 
Regiment of Pennsjdvania Militia. In the service of the United 
States, October 2, 1812, to April 2, 1813. 

1893. Jones, Richmond Legh, 194 

Reading, Pa. 
Grandson of Jehu Jones, Private in Captain George Hetzelber- 
ger's Company, Second Regiment, (Colonel John Lutz, Com- 
manding); Second Brigade, (Brigadier General John Addams, 
Commanding); in Division of Pennsylvania Militia, commanded 
by Major General Nathaniel Watson; 1814. 

1895. Jones, Stockton White, 297 

1009 South Forty-eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Samuel Hunter Eakin, District Paymaster of 
Third Military District ; 18 12-15. 

1893. Keen, Gregory Bernard, 215 

3237 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Nephew of John Gait Hutton, Adjutant First Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel Andrew M. 
Prevost, Commanding); of "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Com- 
manding); 1 8 14- 1 5. 



66 

Elected. State No. 

1892. Keim, Beverley Randolph, 156 

131 1 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Thomas Beverley Randolph, Second Lieutenant 
United States Army, and Aid-de-Camp to Major General Lewis 
and Brigadier General Covington; 1812. First Lieutenant 
United States Artillery Corps ; 18 13. Captain Twentieth Regi- 
ment, United States Infantry, (Colonel Thomas M. Randolph, 
Commanding); 18 13-15. Volunteered and led advance which 
stormed and carried heights at Queenston, Canada ; 1812. 

1897. Kelly, Luther Sage, 385 

Governor's Lsland, New York Harbor. 
Grandson of Hezekiah Sage, Jr., Corporal in Captain Charles B. 
Bristol's Company in Mosley's Detached Riflemen, New York 
State Militia ; 18 13. Also, Second Sergeant in the Company of 
Riflemen commanded by Captain William Gardner, Jr., attached 
to Wood's One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment, New York 
State Militia; 18 14. 

1897. Kelly, William Dunham, 381 

106 Cliveden Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Hezekiah Sage, Jr., Corporal in Captain Charles 
B. Bristol's Company in Mosley's Detached Riflemen, New York 
State Militia, 18 13; also Second Sergeant in the Company of Rifle- 
men commanded by Captain William Gardner. Jr., attached to 
Wood's One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment, New York 
State Militia ; 18 14. 

1892. Keyes, Alexander Brooks, Major U. S. Army, loi 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Alexander Scammell Brooks, Captain Third Regi- 
ment, United States Artillery; 18 12-15. Breveted Major for 
gallantry at battle of Plattsburg, New York; 1814. 
Grandnephew of John Brooks, Lieutenant United States Navy. 
Killed at the Battle of Lake Erie; 18 13. 



67 

Elected. State No. 

1897. KiERSTED, x\ndrew Jackson, Chief Engineer U. S. Navy, 397 

1728 Park Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Luke Kiersted, Captain in Colonel William McDonald's 
Regiment, Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 

1898, Lardner, James Lawrence, 398 

121 South Twenty-second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandnephew of Lynford Lardner, Private in the First Troop 
Philadelphia City Cavalry ; 18 14. 

1893. Lee, Edward Clinton, 204 

Haverford, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Thomas Lothrop, Private in Lieutenant Levi 
Top's Company, (in absence of Captain Stillman Howard), 
Lieutenant Colonel Walter R. Blaisdell's Regiment, Massa- ' 
chusetts Militia ; 18 14. 

1 891. *Leidy, Philip, M. D., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Philip Leidy, Private in Montgomery County Riflemen, 
(Captain James Robinson, Commanding); the Fourth Company, 
First Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Riflemen, (Colonel 
Thomas Humphreys, Commanding); of "Advance Light Bri- 
gade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas 
Cadwalader, Commanding); 1814-15. 

♦Died April 29, 1891. 

1892. Lewis, Albert Nelson, io6 

181 1 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Son of Elisha Lewis, Sergeant in Captain Peter Pinney's Com- 
pany, Twenty-seventh Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy 
Long, Commanding), Maryland Militia. Promoted on the field 
for gallantry at battle of North Point, near Baltimore, Maryland ; 
1814. 



68 

El.KCrrED. STATE No. 

1892. LiNDESMiTH, Eli Washington John, Chaplain U. S. Army, 163 

Doylestowu, Wayne Co., Ohio. 
Grandson of Daniel Lindesmith, Private and Bugler in Captain 
William Pritchard's Company, Second Ohio Mounted Rifle Regi- 
ment, (Colonel Findlay, Commanding); 1812-15. 

1891. Long, Oscar F., Captain and Assistant Quartermaster 28 

U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Great-grandson of Jacob Mabie, Lieutenant Colonel of New York 
State Militia ; 1812-15. 

1884. LuDiNGTON, Marshall!., Brigadier and 5 

Quartermaster General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. 

Son of Zalmon Ludington, Private in Colonel Churchill's Regi- 
ment, New York State Militia ; 1812-15. 

1896. McCain, George Nox, 347 

4008 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Henry Rockefeller, Private in Captain Armstrong's 
Company, Fourth Regiment, United States Riflemen ; 18 14. 

1892. McClellan, John, Captain U. S. Army, 148 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of John McClellan, Surgeon of Franklin County Reg- 
ment, Pennsylvania Militia ; 18 14. 

1895. McCuLLOCH, Champe Carter, Jr., Captain 339 

and Assistant Surgeon U. S. Army, 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of William Horsley McCulloch, Corporal in Captain 
William Coleman's Company, Ninetieth Regiment, Virginia 
Militia ; 1813-14. 



69 

Elected. ^'^^''^ ^'o- 

1896. McCuLLOH, Robert Lemmon, 363 

Fort Assinniboine, Choteau County, Montana. 
Grandson of Christian Gleim, Ensign in Captain Thomas 
Walker's Company in the First Regiment (Colonel Maxwell 
Kennedy, Commanding), First Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia. 
In service of the United States, August 29, 1814, to September 
5, 18 1 5. Paymaster in same Regiment. 

1897. McCuRDv, Rev. Irwin Pounds, D.D., Lly.D., Litt. D., 378 

Kansas City, Missouri. 
Great-grandson of Alexander McCurdy, Private in Captain 
Matthew Johnson's Company in the Fifth BattaUon, Second 
Detachment, Pennsylvania Militia, (Brigadier General Richard 
Crooks, Commanding); 1812-14. 

Great-grandson of Nathaniel Doty, Corporal in Captain Thomas 
McQuaid's Company of Riflemen, Second Regiment, (Colonel 
Robert Patterson, Commanding), Second Brigade, Pennsylvania 
Militia, (Brigadier General Richard Crooks, Commanding). In 
service of the United States, August 2, 18 12, to April 2, 18 13. 

1892. Macdonald, Malcolm, 138 

618 Cooper Street, Camden, N. J. 
Grandson of John McDonald, Brigadier General Second Brigade, 
First Division, Maine Militia; 1812-15. 

Grandson of John Hyde, Lieutenant Connecticut Militia, under 
command of Lieutenant Colonel William Randall; 1813-14. 

1896. McMa.ster, George Hunter, Lieutenant, U. S. Army, 366 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of John McMaster, Private in Captain McReight's 
Company in Major Benoni Robertson's Battalion, South Carolina 
Militia; 1812. 



70 

Elected. State No. 

1893. McNair, Thomas Speer, 182 

Hazleton, Pa. 
Son of Thomas McNair, Corporal in Captain John B. Moorehead's 
Company, First Regiment, (Colonel Maxwell Kennedy, Com- 
manding); First Brigade, (Brigadier General John Forster, Com- 
manding), Pennsylvania Militia. In service of the United States, 
September i, 18 14, to March 5, 181 5. 

1894. Marston, John, 274 

Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of John Marston, Midshipman United States Navy ; 1813-15. 

1895. Massey, Frank Hogan, 304 

4604 Wayne Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Jacob Vogdes, Major Detachment of (Phila- 
delphia), Pennsylvania Militia, (Lieutenant Colonel Peter L. 
Berry, Commanding); of "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Com- 
manding); 1814-15. 

1895. Massey, Henry Vogdes 300 

Stephen Girard Building, Philadelphia. Pa. 
Great-grandson of Jacob Vogdes, Major Detachment of (Phila- 
delphia), Pennsylvania Militia, (Lieutenant Colonel Peter L. 
Berry, Commanding); of "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Com- 
manding); 18 14-15. 



71 

Elected. State No. 

1895, Matlack, John Rugan, Jr., 299 

120 Liberty Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of William Vandever, Private in "Junior Artillerists," 
(Captain Jacob Cash, Jr., Commanding); the Second Company, 
First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Andrew M. Prevost, Commanding); attached to the 
"Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier 
General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding). In service of the 
United States, Augu.st 26, 1814, to January 3. 1815. 

1895, Mercur, James Watts, 293 

Wallingford, Delaware Co., Pa. 
Grandson of John Davis, Ensign of Captain William Purdy's 
Company of Bucks County Riflemen ; the Ninth Company, First 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Riflemen, (Colonel Thomas 
Humphreys, Commanding); of "Advance Light Brigade," Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, 
Commanding); 18 14-15. 

1893. Mercur, Rodney Augustus, 221 

Towanda, Pa. 
Grandson of John Davis, Ensign of Captain William Purdy's 
Company of Bucks County Riflemen ; the Ninth Company, First 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Riflemen, (Colonel Thomas 
Humphreys, Commanding); of "Advance Light Brigade," Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, 
Commanding); 18 14-15. 

1894. Merwin, Walter Lee, 233 

170 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Grandson of Miles Merwin, Private in Captain Medas Hotchkiss' 
Company, Connecticut Militia ; 1813. Also, Private in Captain 
John Butler's Company, Connecticut Militia : 18 14. 



72 

Elected. State No. 

1895. * Mifflin. James, 312 

1824 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Representative of John Ros.s Mifflin, Captain First Company of 
"Washington Guards;" the Second Company, First Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, 
Commanding); of "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Command- 
ing). In service of the United States, August 27, to October, 
1814. 

♦Died November 24, 1895. 

1892. Mills, Stephen Crosby, Major and Assistant Inspector 142 
General, U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Grandson of Stephen Crosby, Second Lieutenant of Captain 
Warner Folt's Company, Fortieth Regiment, New York State 
Militia ; 18 14. 

1894. Miner, Sidney Roby, 277 

Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
Great-grandson of William Ross, Brigadier General Commanding 
Second Brigade, Ninth Division, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia ; 
1812. 

1 89 1. Morgan, James Henry, 98 

478 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Grandson of Avery Morgan, Lieutenant Regiment, Connec- 
ticut Militia, (Colonel Newhall Tainter, Commanding); 18 14. 

1894. Mokrell, Edward de Veaux, 2S5 

Stephen Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Hare Powell, Brigade Major on staff of Briga- 
dier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding "Advance Light 
Brigade, Pennsylvania Volunteers for the defetice of Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania ; 18 14-15. 






Electkd State No. 

1893. Morris, Galloway Chestox, 231 

128 South Eighteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of James Cheston, Lieutenant and Adjutant Fifth 
Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia; 1814. Also, Lieutenant Colonel Fifty-first 
Regiment, Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1892. Muhlenberg, Francis Benjamin, i33 

430 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Peter Muhlenberg, Captain Sixth Regiment, United 
States Infantry ; 1811-14. Major Thirty-first Regiment, United 
States Infantry, (Colonel Daniel Dana, Commanding); 18 14-15. 
Also, Aid-de-Camp to Brigadier General Zebulon M. Pike, 
United States Army. 

1 89 1. Murray, Charles Henry, 49 

115 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

Grandson of Dauphin Murray, Colonel Regiment, New 

York Mihtia ; 1S12-15. 

Grandson of Andrew Billings, Sergeant in Lieutenant Abraham 
Brook's Company, Seventy-second Regiment, (Lieutenant Colo- 
nel Commandant Thomas Hicks, Commanding); New York State 
Militia. Subsequently commissioned Major, New York State 
Militia; 181 2-1 5. 

Great-grandson of Hezekiah Seymour, Corporal in Captain J. 
Selsbee's Company of Lieutenant Colonel J. McMahon's Regi- 
ment New York State Militia ; 18 13-15. 

1893. Nichols, Henry Kuhl, 185 

Aldine Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Francis Boude Nichols, Midshipman United States Navy ; 
18 12. Served under Captain James Lawrence, United States 
Navy. Wounded in action, while in command of vessel, between 
" Che-sapeake " and "Shannon," 1813; taken prisoner to Hali- 
fax, Nova Scotia, and afterwards exchanged. 



74 

Elected. State No. 

1 89 1. Nichols, Maury, Captain U. S. Army. 22 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-gran dnephew of Abraham Maury, Lieutenant Fourth 
United States Rifle Regiment ; 18 14. 

1894. *NoRRis, Alexander Wilson, Captain U. S. Volunteers, 261 

Harrisburg, Pa. 
Great-grandson of John Svvoyer, Private in Captain Richard M. 
Crain's (Dauphin County) Company of First Regiment, (Colonel 
Maxwell Kennedy, Commanding), First Brigade, Pennsylvania 
Militia. In service of the United States, August 31, 1814, to 
March 5, 18 15. 

Great-grandson of George Stine, Private in Captain Peter 
Snyder's (Dauphin and Lebanon Counties) Company of Second 
Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Adam Ritscher, Commanding), 
First Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia. In service of the United 
States, September 2, 18 14, to March 5, 181 5. 

*Dictl in service, January 15, 1899. 

1894. NoYES, Charles Phelps, 247 

89 Virginia Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 
Son of Daniel Rogers Noyes, Lieutenant Second Company, 
(Captain Joseph Gavitt, Commanding); Third Regiment of In- 
fantry, (Colonel Joshua H. Lew, Commanding), Rhode Island 
Militia; 18 14. 



1S94. Oliver, Charles Augustus, M. D. , 236 

1507 Locu-st Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of William George Oliver, Major Second Battalion, 
Twenty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia ; 1811-13. Cap- 
tain Forty-second Regiment, United States Infantry ; 1813-15. 



75 

Elected. State No. 

1892. Oliver, Paul Ambrose, 144 

Oliver's Mills, Pa. 
Son of Paul Ambrose Oliver, Master United States Navy ; 
1814-15. 

1895. O'Neill, Charles Frank, 296 

2558 Cedar Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Busick, Private in Captain John H. Rogers' 
Company, Fifty-first Regiment, (L,ieutenant Colonels James 
Amey and James Cheston, Commanding), Maryland Militia ; 
1813-14. Severely wounded at battle of North Point, near Balti- 
more, Maryland ; 1814. 

1894. O'Neill, Hugh Lewis, 280 

2312 East Huntingdon Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Busick, Private in Captain John H. Rogers' 
Company, Fifty-first Regiment, (lyieutenant Colonels James 
Amey and James Cheston, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 
1813-14. Severely wounded at battle of North Point, near 
Baltimore, Maryland; 18 14. 

1894. O'Neill, James Busick, 273 

2713 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Busick, Private in Captain John H. Rogers' 
Company, Fifty-first Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonels James 
Amey and James Cheston, Commanding); Maryland Militia ; 
1 8 13-14. Severely wounded at battle of North Point, near 
Baltimore, Maryland ; 18 14. 



76 

Elected. State No. 

1892. O'NEILL, James Wilks, M. D., 83 

21 10 vSpruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John O'Neill, Private in Third Company, ("North- 
ern Libert}^ Artillerists," Captain John Naglee, Commanding); 
First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Andrew M. Prevost, Commanding). In service of the 
United States, September 8, 18 14, to January 3, 18 15. 

1892. Ord, Edward O. C, Captain U. S. Army, 26 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of James Ord, Midshipman United States Navy ; 18 13. 
Also, Lieutenant Thirty-sixth Regiment, United States Infantry, 
(Colonel Henry Carbery, Commanding); 18 14-15. 

1891. Otto, John, 84 

394 Franklin Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Son of Jacob S. Otto, Aid-de-Camp to Honorable Simon Snyder, 
Governor of Pennsylvania, and Commander-in-Chief of Penn- 
sylvania State forces ; 18 12-15. 

1895. Patterson, Robert, 337 

1802 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Robert Patterson, Captain Thirtieth Regiment, 
United States Infantry ; 1814. 

1895. Patterson, William H. , 3^7 

1802 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Robert Patterson, Captain Thirtieth Regiment, United 
States Infantry ; 18 14, 

1 89 1. Paulding, Charles H., 57 

339 West Forty-third Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Isaac F. Ru.ssell, Aid-de-Camp to Major General 
Morgan Lewis, New York State Militia; 1S14. 



77 

Electe:). State No. 

1893. Paulding, Tattnall, 193 

135 West Pent! Street, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Hiram Paulding, Midshipman United States Navy; 1812- 
15. Served under Commodores Isaac Chauncey and Thomas 
Macdonough, United States Navy. 

1895. Pendleton, Edmund, 291 

Union Club, New York, N. Y. 
Son of Nathaniel Greene Pendleton, Colonel and Aid-de-Camp 
to Major General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, United States 
Army; 1814-15. 

1893. Pennypacker, Hon. Samuel Whitaker, LL. D., 192 

1540 North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Joseph Whitaker, Private in P'irst Company, 
"Washington Guards," (Captain John R. Mifflin, Commanding); 
the Second Company, First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Infantry, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding); of "Ad- 
vance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier 
General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding), In service of the 
United States, August 27, to October, 18 14. 

189 1. Penrose, Charles Wilkinson, Captain U. S. Army, 90 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-great-grandson of William Hoffman, First Eieutenant in 
Captain Gilbert Seaman's Company, Forty-first Regiment, 
United States Infantry, (Colonel Robert Bogardus, Command- 
ing); 1813-15. 

1895. Pepper, Edward, M. D., 338 

Algiers, Africa. 
Grandson of Thomas Cave, Assistant Apothecary General, 
United States Army; 1814. 



78 

Elected. State No. 

1894. PiNKERTON, Samuel Stanhope Smith, 234 

67 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Grandson of John White Pinkerton, Private in Captain John 
Wright's Company, Colonel Washington Parke's Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Militia; 1814. Served under Major General James 
Steele. 

1892. PooRE, Benjamin Andrew, Captain U. S. Army, 146 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Son of Andrew Poore, Private in Captain Thomas Harrington's 
Company of Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Page's Regiment, 
Massachusetts Militia; 18 14. 

1891. Pope, James Worden, Major and Quartermaster 85 

U. S. Army, Manila, P. I. 

Grandson of James Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel of Regiment, 
Kentucky Mounted Volunteers, (Colonel Richard M. Johnson, 
Commanding). Distinguished for bravery at the battle of the 
Thames, Canada ; 18 13. 

1892. Porter, John Biddle, Major U. S. Volunteers, 103 

1529 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Biddle, Second Lieutenant Third Regiment, 
United States Artillery ; 18 1 2-1 3 ; First Lieutenant Third Regi- 
ment, United States Artillery; 18 13; Captain Forty-second 
Regiment, United States Infantry ; 1813-15. Also Aid-de-Camp 
to Major General Winfield Scott, United States Army. 

1892. Potter, Thomas, Jr., 171 

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Jacob Bower, Brigadier General Commanding 
First Brigade, Sixth Division, Pennsylvania Militia ; 1812-13. 



79 

Elected. State No. 

1892. Potter, Hon. William, 153 

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Jacob Bower, Brigadier General Commanding 
First Brigade, Sixth Division, Pennsylvania Militia; 1812-13, 

1895. Rankin, John Hall, 311 

421 West Lehman Street, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Grandson of First Lieutenant John Jefferies, First Lieutenant of 

"Lancaster Phalanx," (Captain John Humes, Commanding), 

Twenty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia ; 1813-14. 

1893. Rawle, William Brooke, 175 

230 South Twenty-second Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of William Rawle, Jr., Captain Second Troop, Phila- 
delphia City Cavalry, attached to the "Advance Light Brigade," 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, 
Commanding); 18 14. 

1893. Rea, Samuel, 2 03 

Pennsylvania Railroad Offices, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Grandson of John Rea, Major General Seventh Division, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer Militia ; 18 12-14. 

1892. Read, John Joseph, Captain U. S. Navy, 160 

Mt. Holly, N. J. 
Grandson of Samuel J. Read, Major in Brigadier General Eben- 
ezer Elmer's Brigade, New Jersey Militia ; 18 14. 



80 

Elkctkd. State No. 

1879. Reilly, Andrew Jackson, 2 

1437 North Nineteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Paul Reillj', Private in Second Company of "Washington 
Guards," (Captain John Swift, Commanding); the Fourth Com- 
pany, First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, (Colonel 
Clement C. Biddle, Commanding) : Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
(Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding); 1814-15. 
Veteran Member of "Society of War of 18 12," Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. 



1891. *Reilly, George Francis, 9 

1437 North Eleventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Son of Paul Reilly, Private in Second Company of "Washington 
Guards," (Captain John Swift, Commanding); the Fourth Com- 
pany. First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, (Colonel 
Clement C Biddle, Commanding); Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
(Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding); 1814-15. 
Veteran Member of "Society of War of 18 12," Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. 

*Died September 18, 18M. 



1 89 1. Reilly Paul, io 

1437 North Nineteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Paul Reilly, Private in Second Company of "Wash- 
ington Guards." (Captain John Swift, Commanding); the Fourth 
Company, First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 
(Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding); Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding); 
1 8 14-15. Veteran Member of "Society of War of 1812, "Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania. 



81 

Elected. State Xo. 

1 89 1. ^Remington, Cyrus Kingsbury, 35 

II East Seneca Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Grandson of Shadrach Remington, Private under Colonel Erastus 
Granger, Commanding forces at Black Rock and Cold Spring, 
(Buffalo), N. Y.; 1812-15. 

♦Died Juue 5, 1899. 

1896. Rhinelander, Philip, 366 

Grandson of William C. Rliinelander, Quartermaster Sergeant, 
Second Regiment, New York vState Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Commandant Horatio Gates Stevens, Commanding); 18 13. 

1893. Rhoades, L,yman, 195 

120 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Cornelius Harsen, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant 
Eleventh Regiment, (formerly Third), New York State Artillery ; 
1812-14. 

1895. *RicE, Lewis, 328 

12 15 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Nathaniel Brigham, Corporal Fourth Regiment, 
First Brigade. Seventh Division, Massachusetts Militia ; 18 13-14. 

♦Died April 2, 1899. 

1893. Robe, Lucien Stevens, 207 

Fort Buford, N. D. 
Great-grandson of Roswell Robe, Sergeant in Captain Sereno 
Pettibone's Company, Connecticut Mihtia ; 1813. 
Great-grandson of George W. Burnhani, Captain in United 
States Revenue Marine Service ; 18 12-15. 

1897. Robeson, Fielding Tecumseh, 394 

523 Manhattan Building, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Robert Aniey Robeson, Private in Tennessee Volun- 
teers ; 1812-13. Served in the Natchez Campaign, 18 1 2. 



82 

Elected. State No. 

1896. Robeson, John Terrell, 364 

523 Manhattan Building, New York, N. Y. 
Son of Robert Amey Robeson, Private in Tennessee Volunteer.s ; 
18 1 2-13. Served in the Natchez Campaign, 18 12. 

1892. RoCKENBACH, Samuel D. , Lieutenant U. S. Army, 166 

Virginia MiHtary Institute, Lexington. Va. 
Great-grandson of William Hannah, Private in Captain George 
Hannah's Troop of Cavalry, Virginia Militia, under command of 
Major General Porter, at Norfolk, Virginia; 18 14. 

1891. Roe, Francis Asbury, Rear Admiral U. S. Navy, 12 

1232 Seventeenth Street, Washington, D. C. 
Son of Lsaac Roe, Sergeant in Captain J. Butterworth's Company. 
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Smith's Regiment, New York 
State Militia; 18 14. 

1 89 1. Roe, George, 37 

Vallejo, Cal. 
Grandson of Lsaac Roe, Sergeant in Captain J. Butterworth's 
Company, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Smith's Regiment, 
New York State Militia ; 1814. 

1895. Rogers, Archibald, 33° 

Hyde Park on Hudson, New York. 
Grandnephew of Stephen Drummer, First Lieutenant, Thirty- 
seventh Regiment, United States Infantry ; 1812-14. 

1896. Rothermel, John Jacob, 374 

Hanover, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Adolph Christian Fick, Private in Captain 
George Hetzelberger's Company, First Battalion, Second Regi- 
ment, (Colonel John Lutz, Commanding), Second Brigade, 
(Brigadier General John Addams, Commanding), in the Division 
of Pennsylvania Militia commanded by Major General Nathaniel 
Watson. In service of the United States, September i, to 
December 5, 1814. 



83 

ELEcrnD. State No. 

1894. *Rupp, Henry G. G., 270 

551 North Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of John Wilson, Private in Captain John F. 
Ruhe's Company of "Northampton Blues;" the Fifth Companj^, 
Second Regiment, (Colonel I,ewis Bache, Commanding); First 
Brigade, Second Division, Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Infan- 
try; 1814-15. 

♦Died November 16, 1S96. 

1893. Rupp, Henry Wilson, 205 

551 North Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Wilson, Private in Captain John F. Ruhe's Com- 
pany of " Northampton Blues;" the Fifth Company, Second Regi- 
ment, (Colonel lyOuis Bache, Commanding); First Brigade, Sec- 
ond Division, Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Infantry; 18 14-15. 

1895. Saffarrans, George Coolidge, Lieutenant U. S. Army, 303 

War Department, Washington, I). C. 
Great-grandson of John McCartney. Private in "Independent 
Blues," (Captain Peter A. Brown, Commanding); the Sixth 
Company, First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 
(Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding); of "Advance Light 
Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas 
Cadwalader, Commanding); 1814-15. 

1894. Sands, James Thomas, 262 

510 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo. 
Grandson of James Sands, First Lieutenant of Captain Joseph 
Sands' Company of Montgomery County Riflemen; the Thir- 
teenth Company. First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Rifle- 
men, (Colonel Thomas Humphreys, Commanding); of "Advance 
Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General 
Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding); 1814-15. Commanding 
Company; 18 14. 



84 

Elkctkd. State No. 

1891. vSanno, JamEvS M. J., Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army, 75 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Grandson of George Michael Sanno, First lyieutenant in Captain 

George Hendel's Rifle Company, Pennsylvania Volunteers 

1812-15. 

Grandson of Conrad Zeller. Served in Pennsylvania Volunteers 

during war and died in service. 

1898. SatterIvEE, Herbert Livingston, Ph. D., 400 

120 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of De Lafayette Wilcox, Private and Sergeant Twenty- 
fifth Regiment, United States Infantry, May 13, 1812, to Nov- 
ember 16, 1813. Promoted Ensign in same Regiment for gal- 
lant conduct in the battle of Chrystler's Field, Canada, Nov- 
ember II, 1813; promoted Second Lieutenant March 14, 1814; 
promoted First Lieutenant October 2, 18 14. Severely wounded 
in the action at Fort Erie, September 4, 18 14. 

1891. Sawyer, James Estcourt, Captain and Assistant 88 

Quartermaster U. S. Army, 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Son of Horace Bucklin Sawyer, Midshipman United States 
Navy; 1S12-15. Served under Commodores Charles Stewart 
and Thomas Macdonough, United States Navy. 

1895. Savres, Edward Stalker, 305 

1825 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandnephew of Samuel Humes, Surgeon Second Regiment, 
(Lieutenant Colonel John Lutz, Commanding); Second Brigade, 
Division of Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Major General Nathaniel 
Watson, Commanding); 18 14. 



85 

Elected. State No. 

1897. SCHERMERHORN, FrANK EaRLE, 395 

133 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Samuel Benton, Sergeant in Lieutenant Joseph 
Mayo's Company, Seventy-sixth Regiment, New York State 
Militia. In service of the United States February 28, 1813, to 
March 18, 1813. Also, Sergeant in Captain Stephen Gifford's 
Company, Seventy-sixth Regiment, New York State Militia. In 
ser\'ice of the United States, July 31, 18 14, to August 21, 18 14. 

1893. Sener, Samuel Miller, 219 

Lancaster, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Adolph Christian Fick, Private in Captain 
George Hetzelberger's Company, First Battalion, Second Regi- 
ment, (Colonel John Lutz, Commanding); Second Brigade, 
(Brigadier General John Addams, Commanding); in Division of 
Pennsylvania Militia, commanded by Major General Nathaniel 
Watson. In service of the United States, September i , to Decem- 
ber 5, 1814. 

1891. Sharps, Alfred C, Captain U. S. Army, 13 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Nicholas Snider, First Lieutenant and Adjutant of 
Seventh Regiment, Maryland MiHtia ; 18 12-14. -"^^so, First 
Lieutenant of Captain John Gait's Company, Third Regiment, 
Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 

1896. SiiiVLEv, Rurus, 353 

346 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

Great-grandson of Samuel S. Gautier, Corporal in Captain John 

Marston's Company, Colonel Simon Fleet's Regiment, New York 

State Militia, September 15, to December 15, 18 12. Also, Second 

Lieutenant in Major Daniel D. Smith's Battalion of New York 

State Artillery, under the command of Major General Ebenezer 

Stevens; 18 14. 



; 



86 

Electkd. Statk No. 

1897. Shoemaker, Harvey, M. D., 389 

109 South Twentieth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Dipolt Hester, Private in Captain Garret Dorset 
Wall's Company, (Colonel John Dodd's Regiment), New Jersey 
Detailed Militia; October 15, to December 10, 1814. Veteran 
Member of "Society of War of 1812," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

1897. Shoemaker, Joshua I,ippincott, 390 

15 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Dipolt Hester, Private in Captain Garret Dorset 
Wall's Company, (Colonel John Dodd's Regiment), New Jersey 
Detailed Militia ; October 15, to December 10, 18 14. Veteran 
Member of "Society of War of 18 12," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

1897. Shoemaker, Owen, 391 

15 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of John Dipolt Hester, Private in Captain Garret Dorset 
Wall's Company, (Colonel John Dodd's Regiment), New Jersey 
Detailed Militia; October 15, to December 10, 1S14. Veteran 
Member of "Society of War of 1812," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

1892. Shubrick, Edward Rutledge, 113 

519 North Second Street, Camden, N. J. 
Son of Edward Rutledge Shubrick, Midshipman United States 
Navy ; 1S12. Lieutenant United States Navy ; 1S15. Served 
under Captain John Rodgers, United States Navy. 

1896. Sill, Harold Montgomery, 367 

School House Lane, Gerniantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Sallows Dunlap, Private in the "State Guards," 
(Captain Henry Meyers, Commanding); First Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding)- 
1814. 



87 

Elected. State No. 

1896. Smith, Ormond G., 351 

2g Rose Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Moses Rogers Smith, Sailing Master United States 
Navy; May, 1812, to June, 1815. 

1S93. Snydf,r, Frederic Antes, 206 

426 Third Avenue, Williamsport, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Honorable Simon Snyder, Governor of Penn- 
sylvania and Commander-in-Chief of Pennsylvania State 
forces; 181 2-15. 

1892. Snyder, George Duncan, 155 

426 Third Avenue, Williamsport, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Honorable Simon Snyder, Governor of Penn- 
sylvania and Commander-in-Chief of Pennsylvania State 
forces; 18 12- 15. 

1892. Sparhawk, Charles Wurts, 132 

400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Thomas vSparhawk, Private in Captain Condy 
Raguet's Company of "Washington Guards," Fourth Detach- 
ment of Pennsylvania Militia, (Colonel Lewis Rush, Command- 
ing). In service of the United States, May 13, to June iS, 1813. 
Also, Sergeant in Captain Thomas Franklin Pleasants' Company 
of "Washington Guards," First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- 
teer Infantry, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding); of 
"Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier 
General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding); 18 14- 15. 
Grandson of Lewis Clark X'anuxem, Private in First Troop 
Philadelphia City Cavalry, (Captain Charles Ross, Com- 
manding), attached to "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Command- 
ing). In service of the United States, August 27, to December 
20, 1814. 



88 

EixcTKD. State No. 

1892. Sparhawk, John, Jr., 140 

400 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Thomas vSparhawk, Priv^ate in Captain Condy 
Raguet's Company of "Washington Guards," Fourth Detach- 
ment of Pennsylvania Militia, (Colonel Lewis Rush, Command- 
ing). In service of the United States, May 13, to June 18, 1813. 
Also, Sergeant in Captain Thomas Franklin Pleasants' Company 
of " Washington Guards," First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- 
teer Infantry, (Colonel Clement C. Biddle, Commanding); of 
"Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier 
General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding); iS 14-15. 
Grandson of Lewis Clark Vanuxem, Private in First Troop 
Philadelphia City Cavalry, (Captain Charles Ross Com- 
manding), attached to "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Command- 
ing). In service of the United States, August 27, to December 
20, 1814. 

1893. *Spencer, William Chetwood, 210 

Elizabeth, N. J. 
Grandson of Oliver Hatfield Spencer, Garrison Surgeon United 
States Army ; 181 2-1 4. Also served as Chief Surgeon at battle 
of New Orleans, Louisiana, 18 15. 

*Died-1897. 

1891. *Spencer, William Gardner, Captain and Assistant 17 

Surgeon United States Army, Nashville, Tenn. 

Grandson of Silas Spencer, Sergeant in Captain M. A. Bonnell's 
Company, Fifteenth Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Commandant 
Thomas B. Benedict, Commanding); Fifth Brigade, New York 
Detached Militia, (Major General Jacob Brown, United States 
Army, Commanding); 1812-13. 

♦Died .Mrtrcli 26, 18%. 



89 

Elected. •''■^^^'^ ^'"■ 

1S92. Sproat, Harris Elric, i59 

Westtown, Chester Co., Pa. 

Grandson of James William Sproat, Captain of " Germantown 

Ivight Infantry Blues," Major Sparks' Battalion, Second Brigade, 

First Division, Pennsylvania Militia. In service of the United 

States, September 8, 18 14, to January 2, 1815. 

1895. Stanford, Lewellyn M., 333 

Bryn Mawr, Penna. 

Grandson of Peter Beach, Private in Captain Hinchman's Com- 
pany, New Jersey Militia; 1812-14. 

1894. Stevens, John Conyngham, 250 

1 9 14 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of William Stevens, Lieutenant First Regiment, (Ught 
Infantry), Massachusetts MiHtia ; 181 1-13. Also, First Lieuten- 
ant Thirty-fourth Regiment, United States Infantry, (Colonel J- 
B. Lamed, Commanding): 18 13. 

Pi / 

/ 1894. Stevens, William Coppee, 249 

U. S. Custom House, St. Louis, Mo. 
Grandson of William Stevens, Lieutenant First Regiment, (Light 
Infantry), Massachusetts Militia ; 181 1-13. Also, First Lieuten- 
ant Thirty-fourth Regiment, United States Infantry, (Colonel J. 
B. Larned, Commanding); 18 13. 

1894. Stevenson, James Madison, 278 

347 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Son of John E. W. Stevenson, Private in Captain James B. 
Murray's Company, New York State Artillery; Major Daniel E. 
Dunscomb's Battalion of Governor's Guards, New York State 
Militia ; 1814. 



90 

Elected. State No. 

1892. Stull, Adam Arbuckle, 124 

813 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Adam Stull, Private in "The Benevolent Blues," 
Captain Henry Read, Commanding); Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Infantry ; (Major Samuel Sparks, Commanding Battalion;; under 
command of Brigadier General Thomas Snyder, Commanding 
Fourth Military District of Pennsylvania; 18 14-15. Veteran 
Member of "Society of War of 18 12," Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Grandson of Jacob Delaney. Private in Fourth Company, 
("Frankford Artillerists,") First Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- 
teer Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel Andrew M. Prevost, Com- 
manding); attached to the "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers. (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Com- 
manding ; 1 8 14-15. 



1892. *SuTHERL.\ND, Charles, Brigadier General U. S. Army, 117 

2026 G Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Son of Joel B. Sutherland, Surgeon "Junior Artillerists," (Cap- 
tain Jacob H. Fisler, Commanding), and First Detachment of 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, (Colonel Lewis Rush, Com- 
manding); 1813. Also, Lieutenant Colonel of Rifle Regiment, 
Second Brigade, First Division, Pennsylvania Militia ; 1814-15. 

♦Died May 10, 1895. 

1893. Taylor, Clarence Wills, 222 

301 Market Street, Camden, N. J. 
Great-grandson of Richard Moore Crain, Captain of "Harrisburg 
Artillery," First Regiment, (Colonel Maxwell Kennedy, Com- 
nianding\ First Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia. In service of 
the United States, August 31, 1814, to ^Llrch 5, 1S15. 



91 

_ State No. 

Elkcted. 

TS91. Taylor, James L., 79 

18 Cockspur Street, London, England. 

Son of John Bradford Taylor, Assistant Surgeon Sixth Regi- 
ment, Maryland Militia; 18 14. 



1 89 1. TowLK, George Francis, Captain and Brevet Lieutenant 14 

Colonel U. S. Army, New Castle, N. H. 

Grandson of George Towle, Captain of Company of New Hamp- 
shire Militia. In service of the United States ; 18 12- 13. 



1 891. Trench ARD, Edward, 20 

50 West Ninety-second Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Edward Trenchard. Lieutenant United States Navy ; 
1812. Commander United States Navy ; 1813. Commanded the 
"Madison," Flagship of Commodore Isaac Chauncey, United 
States Navy ; 1813-15. 

Grandson of John Mortimer Barclay, Captain Forty-fourth Regi- 
ment, United States Infantry, (Colonel James T. Ross. Command- 
ing); under command of Major General Andrew Jackson; 
1814-15. 



1891. *TupPER, TuLLius C, Major U. S. Army, 56 

Cleveland, Ohio. 

Son of Charles Tupper, Private in Captain Asa Aiken's Company, 

Thirty-first Regiment, United States Infantry, (Colonel Daniel 

Dana, Commanding); 1813-14. 

»Die(l September 1, 1898. 



92 

Electki). State No. 

189 1. TlRNKR, JaMP:S \\\RNl^M Pktkr, 78 

4441 Sausoin Street, West Pliiladelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of William Turner, Fleet Surgeon United States Navy. 
Served on Flotilla of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, United 
States Navy; 1811-12. Surgeon United States Army; 1812-15. 
Grandnephew of Peter Turner, Surgeon United States Light 
Artillery Corps; 181 1- 12. 

Grandnephew of Daniel Turner, Midshipman United States 
Navy; 1811-12 ; Lieutenant United States Navy; 1813-15. 
Commanded U. S. S. "Caledonia," under Commodore Perry, 
United States Navy, at battle of Lake Erie; 18 13. 
Grandnephew of Henry Edward Turner, Midshipman United 
States Navy; 1814-15. 

1893. TURPIN, MORLKY BEBEE, 238 

46 Adams Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
Grandson of James C. Bebee, Private in Captain Timothy Corn- 
wall's Company, Fifty-fifth Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Commandant Anthony Sprague, Commanding), New York 
State Militia; 1814. 

1892. Vanuxem, Louis Clark, 16S 

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Lewis Clark Vanuxem, Private in First Troop 
Philadelphia City Cavalry, (Captain Charles Ross, Commanding) ; 
attached to the "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, (Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding). 
In service of the United States, August 27, to December 20, 1814. 

1891. ViKLK, SinxDON Thompson, 58 

298 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Benjamin Barton, Deputy Quartermaster 
General United States Army; 1812-15. 

Grandson of John L. \'iele. Served in New York State Militia; 
1812. 






93 

Blkctkd. State No. 

1892. *ViVEN, John IvUdlow, Captain U. S. Army, 154 

Fort Sully, S. D. 
Grandson of John Viven, Private in Fourth Company, (Captain 
Peter Fenton, Commanding) ; of Lieutenant Colonel Peter L. 
Berry's Battalion, First Brigade, First Division, Pennsylvania 
Militia. In service of the United States, November 23, 1814, to 
January 2, 1815. 

♦Died January 9, 1S90. 

1891. VooRHiES, Gordon, Lieutenant U. S. Army, 91 

Fort Walla- Walla, Wash. 
Great-grandson of Peter Gordon Voorhies, Ensign in Captain 
Hickman's (Frankfort) Company of Kentucky Volunteers. 
Transferred to the Quartermaster Department. Served under 
Major General William Henry Harrison; 1812-15. 

1899. Wadsworth, Rev. Charles, D. D., 4^3 

2046 Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Elijah Wadsworth, Major General Command- 
ing the Fourth Division, Ohio Militia ; 181 2-1 5. 

1892. Wallace, Herbert Fairfax, 114 

517 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-great-grandson of William Brooke, Brigadier General 
Commanding Third Division, Pennsylvania Militia ; 1813-14. 

1899. Walton, George E., 405 

103 1 Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Francis Cooper, Second Lieutenant in the Sixth 
Company, (Captain John Schweppenheiser, Commanding), 
Colonel John Thompson's Regiment, Second Brigade, First 
Division of Pennsylvania Militia. In service of the United 
States, September 11, 18 14, to January 5, 1815. 



94 

„ State No. 

Elkctkd. 

1893. Ward, Aaron, Lieutenant Commander U. S. Navy, 229 

League Island, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Aaron Ward, Lieutenant Twenty-ninth Regiment, 
New York State Militia; 1813. Promoted Captain, same regi- 
ment; 1 8 14. 

1892. Watmough, James Horatio, Commodore and Pay 170 

Director U. S. Navy, 171 1 I Street, Washington, D. C. 
Son of John Goddard Watmough, Lieutenant Second Regiment, 
United States Artillery, (Captain Alexander WiUiams, Com- 
manding Company). Wounded at assault on Fort Erie, Canada ; 
1814. 

1894. Wayne, Hon. William, 239 

Paoli, Chester Co., Pa. 
Grandnephew of Isaac Wayne, Captain Union Troop of Cavalry 
of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania Militia. Also, 
Colonel of Regiment of Cavalry, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia; 
1812-14. 

1892. Webster, Edmund Kirbv, Captain U. S. Army, 116 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Joseph Lee Smith, Major Twenty-fifth Regiment, 
United States Infantry, 1812; Lieutenant Colonel Twenty-fourth 
Regiment, United States Infantry, 1813; transferred to Twenty- 
fifth Regiment, United States Infantry; 1814. 

1893. Webster, Frank Daniel, Lieutenant U. S. Army. 21S 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of Benjamin Severance, Corporal in Captain 
S. Call's Company of Lieutenant Colonel Steel's Regiment, New 
Hampshire Militia; 18 14. 



95 

Elected. Static No. 

1891. *Webster, IvERoy Charles, Captain U. S. Marine Corps, 29 

U. S. Marine Barracks, Mare Island, Cal. 
Grandson of John A. Webster, Sailing Master United States 
Navy; 1814-15. On staff of Commodore Joshua Barne^^ United 
States Navy, at battle of Bladensburg, Md.; 1814. Presented 
with swords by both the State of Maryland and the City of 
Baltimore, Md., for gallantry in defence of Fort McHenry and 
repulse of British; 18 14. 

♦Died June 17,1899. 

1892. Wessells, Charles H., ho 

43 West Ninety-first Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of John Wessells, Private in Captain Strachan's Com- 
pany, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jasper Ward's Regiment, 
New York State Mihtia; 18 14. 

1891. Westbrook, Frederick Edward, 50 

108 East Fifty-sixth Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Frederick Westbrook, Brigadier General New York 
State Militia; 1812-15. 

Son of C. D. Westbrook, Chaplain of Fishkill Regiment, (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Commandant Abraham Van Wjxk, Commanding), 
New York State Militia; 1812-15. 

1892, Wetherbee, Winthrop, 119 

854 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Moses Holden, Sergeant of Guard detailed 
from Regiments of Massachusetts Militia, for service in Boston, 
MaSvS., (Sergeant Nathaniel Phillips, Commanding detail); 1813. 



96 

Elected. State No 

1891. *Wetiierill, Alexander Macomb, Captain U. S. Army, 157 

Santiago, Cuba. 
Great-grandnephew of Alexander Macomb, Colonel Third Regi- 
ment, United States Artillery ; 1S12. Brigadier General United 
States Army ; 18 14. Received the thanks of Congress and a gold 
medal for distinguished and gallant conduct in defeating the 
British Army at Plattsburg. N. Y.; 18 14. 

♦Killed ill battle at Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898. 

1893. Wetmore, William Boerum, [Endowed Membership], 179 

Radnor, Pa. 
Grandson of William Boerum, Midshipman United States Navy; 
1812-15. Aid to Commodore James Biddle, United States Navy. 

1893. Whipple, Charles Henry, Major and Paymaster 223 

U. S. Army, Manila, P. I. 

Grandson of Benjamin Wright, Lieutenant in Company of 
"Silver Grays," of Jefferson County, New York State Militia. 
Served under Major General Jacob Brown, United States Array ; 
1813. 

1894. WiCKERSHAM, ROBERT O'NEILL, 248 

2 1 ID Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Robert O'Neill, Sergeant Major of First Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel Andrew 
M. Prevost, Commanding); attached to the "Advance Light 
Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas 
Cadwalader, Commanding); 18 14-15. 

1 89 1. Wilcox, Reynold Webb, M. D., LL. D. 39 

749 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Reynold Webb, Musician, (Lieutenant Zacariah 
Clarke, Commanding Company); in Colonel Elisha Sill's Regi- 
ment, Connecticut Militia ; 1813-14. 



97 

Flfctbd. Statk No. 

1895. Wilkinson, Ogden Dungan, 294 

2031 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Elisha Wilkinson, Colonel and Quartermaster 
of Second Brigade, (Brigadier General Samuel Smith, Com- 
manding), Second Division, Pennsylvania Militia ; 1813-14. 
Also, Assistant Quartermaster General, Pennsylvania Militia ; 
1814. 

1892. Williams, Charles, 123 

416 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa, 
Grandson of Josiah Randall, First Sergeant, Second Company, 
("Junior Artillerists," Captain Jacob Cash, Commanding); 
First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Andrew M. Prevost, Commanding); of " Advance Light 
Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier General Thomas 
Cadwalader, Commanding). In service of the United States, 
August 26, 1814, to January 3, 1815. Veteran Member of 
"Society of War of 18 12," Philadelphia, Pa. 

1 89 1. Winne, Robert L., 81 

Manhattan Building, St. Paul, Minn. 
Grandson of Francis D. Winne, Private in Captain G. P. Van 
Wies' Company, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant David 
Rogers' Regiment, New York State Militia ; 18 14. 

1891. Wood, Benjaimin P"., Chief Engineer, U. S. Navy, 41 

Mount Vernon, New York, N. Y. 
Son of James Wood, Contractor for Army Supplies. Served in 
battle of Sackett's Harbor, under command of Major General 
Jacob Brown, United States Army ; 18 13. 

1 89 1. *WooD, Charles Ogden, 



Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of John Wood, Private in Captain Berry's Company, 
Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

*Died April 17, 1S91. 



98 

Slectbd. Statb Ko. 

1892. Wood, Marshall William, Major and Surgeon 162 

U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Great-grandson of Joseph Marshall, Private in Captain John 
Butler's Company. Regiment, Connecticut Militia; 1814. 

1894. Woodman, Rev. Clarence Eugene, Ph. D., 287 

1606 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilmington, Del. 
Grandson of Stephen Woodman, Second Lieutenant, Thirty- 
third Regiment, United States Infantry, 1813; Adjutant Sduie 
Regiment, 1814; First Lieutenant, 18 [5. 

1893. *WooD\vARD, Edwin Tully, Commander U. S. Navy, 199 

Buffalo, N. Y. 
Grandson of Theodore Woodward, Surgeon's Mate, Eleventh 
Regiment Infantry, Vermont Militia; 18 13-14. 

♦Died February 22, 1894. 

1893. Worth, William Scott, Brigadier General 214 

U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Son of William Jenkins Worth, First Lieutenant Twenty-third 
Regiment, United States Infantry; 1813-14. Also Aid-de-Camp to 
Major Generals Morgan Lewis and Winfield Scott, and Brigadier 
General John P. Boyd, United States Army. Breveted Captain 
for gallant conduct at the battle of Chippewa, Canada; 18 14; 
and breveted Major for distinguished conduct at battle of 
Lund3'"s Lane, Canada; 1814. Severely wounded in latter 
action. Promoted Captain United States Army; 1S14. 

1894. Wright, George Riddle, 269 

Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
Grandson of Joseph Wright, Tiiird Sergeant in Captain Peter 
Hallock's Company, Thirty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Mili- 
tia; 1814. 



99 

Elected. State No. 

1S94. Wright, Jacob Ridgway, 237 

S South Franklin Street, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
Grandson of Joseph Wright, Third Sergeant in Captain Peter 
Hallock's Compan}^ Thirty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Militia; 18 14. 

1895. Yeager, Frederick M,, 331 

433 Penn Street, Reading, Pa. 
Grandson of Daniel Yeager, Private in First Regiment, Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteer Militia ; 1813-14. 

1897. Yeager, Rev. James Martin, D. D., 379 

Carmel, N. Y. 
Grandson of Jacob Yeager, Private in Captain Philip Fetter- 
hoff's Company in the Second E.egiment, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Adam Ritscher, Commanding), First Brigade, Pennsylvania 
Militia. In service of the United States, September 2, 18 14, to 
March 5, 1S15. 

1893. *Zieber, Eugene, 225 

Wayne, Delaware Co., Pa. 
Grandson of Isaac Zieber, Private in Captain Hall's Company, 
Sixty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, (Colonel Pearson, 
Commanding); 18 14-15. 

♦Died June 6, 1S97. 



Total Descendant Membership, - - 370 

Resigned, - 7 

Transferred, ------ 55 

Deceased, 35 



Membership, October i, 1899, - - 273 






SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 



IN THE 



STATE OF MARYLAND. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 



IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, 



From its Organization, September 14, 1814. 



Military Comniayiders. 
FiKST Military Commander, . . Major General Samuel Smith 

(1814 to 1815.) 

Second Military Commander, Major General George H. Stewart 

(1815 to 1841.) 



Presidents. 

Major General William McDonald, 1841 to 1844. 

Colonel David Harris, 1844 to 1846, 

Major Jackson, 1846 to 1847. 

Colonel Joseph K. Stapleton, 1847 to 1S52. 

Captain Andrew A. Warner, 1852 to 1870. 

Major Joshua Dryden, 1870 to 1878. 

Captain John J. Daneker, 1878 to 188 1. 

Colonel Elijah Stansbury, i88r to 1883. 

James C. Morford, 1883 to 1888. 

Samuel A. Downs, 1888 to 1890. 

James Hyland, 1890 to 1891. 

Louis P. Griffith, 1891 to 1894. 

Edwin Warfield, 1894 to 1898. 

James E. Carr, Jr., 1898 . 

103 



Veteran of 18 12. 
Veteran of 1812. 
Veteran of 1812. 
Veteran of 18 12. 
Veteran of 18 12. 
Veteran of 1812. 
Veteran of 18 12. 
Veteran of 18 12. 
Veteran of 18 12. 



104 



Secretaries. 

Captain Samuel Mvkrs, 

Howard Griffith, 1844 to 1845, 

Edward Roberts, 

Colonel, Nicholas Brewer, 

William H. Daneker, 

Lewis H. Miller, 

Albert K. Hadel, M. D., 

John Edwin ■WARNii;R, 

Arthur M. Easter, 

William Harrison Gill, 

James D. Iglehart, M. D., 

Treastirers. 

Samuel G. Hyde, 1841 to 1845. 

Colonel Nicholas Brewer, 1845 to 1850. 
Samuel Childs, 1850 to 1852, 

1861 to 1862, 1865 to 1866. 

ASBURY JaRRETT, 1 853 tO 1855, 

1863 to 1864, 1867 to 1879. 

William H. Daneker, 1880 to 1888. 

Lewis H. Miller, 1889 to 1892. 

Robert T. Smith, 1892 to 1899. 

James E. Steuart, 1899 . 



I 84 1 to 


1844 


1848 to 


1850 


1845 to 


1847 


1851 to 


1879 


1880 to 


1888 


1889 to 


1 89 1 


1891 to 


1892 


1892 to 


1893 


1893 to 


1894 


1894 to 


1895 


1895 





Veteran of 18 12. 
Veteran of 18 12. 
Veteran of 18 12. 
Veteran of 18 12. 



Veteran of 18 12. 
Veteran of 1812. 

Veteran of 18 12. 

Veteran of 18 12. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. 
Organized September 14, 1814. Re-organized August i, 1841. 

Incorporated October 25, 1893. 



1899. 



President, 
JAMES EDWARD CARR, Jr. 

Vice-Presidents, 

JOHN; MASON DULANY, 

Captain PETER LEARY, Jr., U. 3. A. 

Secretary, 

JAMES DAVIDSON IGLEHART, M. D. 
(Address: 1214 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Md.) 

TVcasurei; 

JAMES EDMONDSON STEUART. 

Eegisfrnr, 

ALBERT KIMBERLY HADEL, M. D. 

Historian, 

WILLIAM MATTHEW MARINE. 

Chaplain, 

Rev. HENRY BRANCH, D. D. 

Executive Committee. 
(The Officers and the following additional Members.) 
ROBERT T. SMITH, Hon. A. LEO KNOTT, 

AUGUSTUS BOULDIN, J. KREBS RUSK, Jr., 

EZEKIEL MILLS, Jr., JAMES TEAKLE DENNIS, 

WILLIAM M. MARINE. THOMAS IRELAND ELLIOTT, 

JOHN APPLETON WILSON. 

Delegates to the General Society, 

JOHN MASON DULANY, ROBERT LEE GILL, 

JOHN EDWARD HOUGH, WILLIAM MATTHEW MARINE, 

JOHN APPLETON WILSON. 

105 



Descendant Members 



OF THE 



MARYLAND SOCIETY, 



Elected. '^''*'^^ ^'O- 

1893. Addison, Taylor, 56 

32 East Henrietta Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Peter Armstrong, Private in Thirty-sixth Regiment 
United States Infantry, Captain Thomas Y. Carbery's Company. 
Stationed at Fort McHenry during bombardment by Admiral 
Cockburn ; September 13, 1814. 

1893. Albough, Jacob, 57 

1503 Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of William Albough, Color bearer of Baltimore County 
Company, Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1S98. Arthurs, Edward Ferguson, 140 

7 East Preston Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of William Ferguson, Private in Captain John 
McNeal's Company of Cavalry, Ohio Militia; 1812. 

1893. *Barrett, John L., 45 

223 South Eden Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of John M. Barrett, Lieutenant Thirty-eighth Regiment 
United States Infantry. At Fort McHenry during bombardment. 

•Died October 28, 1894. 

107 



108 

Elected. State No. 

1897. Bernard, Alfred D., 132 

17 18 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of George Gore, Private in Captain Christopher 
Carnan's Company, Sixth Regiment (Moore's) Cavalry, Mary- 
land Militia; 1814. 

1898. BiRCKHEAD, IvENNOX, I43 

1203 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Hugh Birckhead, Private "Independent Company," 
(Captain Samuel Sterett Commanding); Fifth Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), Mary- 
land Militia; 18 14. 

1894. BoGGS, Francis Henry, 85 

1408 Bolton Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Alexander L. Boggs, Private " First Baltimore Hussars," 
Captain John Sterett; Fifth Regiment Cavalr)', (Lieutenant Col- 
onel James Biays, Commanding), Maryland Militia. Engaged 
in battle of North Point; 1814. 

1893. BouLDiN, Augustus, 58 

17 12 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John Bouldin, Captain " Independent Light Dra- 
goons; " Fifth Regiment Cavalry, (Lieutenant Colonel James 
Biays, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. Engaged in 
battle of North Point; 18 14. 

1898. Branch, Rev. Charles Henry Hardin, 147 

Ellicott City, Md. 
Great-grandson of Richard Henry Chinn, Private in Captain 
Nathaniel G. S. Hart's Company, Fifth Regiment Infantry, 
(Colonel Lewis, Commanding); Kentucky Militia. 
Great-grandson of Benjamin James Harris, Private in Captain 
William McCabe's Company, Nineteenth Regiment Infantry, 
(Colonel Ambler. Commanding); Virginia Militia; 18 14. 



109 

Ei-KcrrD. State No. 

1898. Branch, Rev. Hknry, D. D., 146 

Ellicott City, Md. 
Grandson of Benjamin James Harris, Private in Captain Wil- 
liam McCabe's Company, Nineteenth Regiment, Infantry, 
(Colonel Ambler, Commanding); Virginia Militia; 18 14. 

1S9S. Bromley, John I,ewis, 144 

Oakland, Alameda County, Cal. 
Son of Lewis Bromley, Sergeant in Captain John Buck's Com- 
pany, Thirty-eighth Regiment, United States Infantry, (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel William Stewart, Commanding); 18 14. 

1897. Buck, Rev. George Hickman, 135 

Derby, Connecticut. 
Grandson of Benjamin Buck, First Lieutenant " Washington 
Artillery," (Captain John Berry, Commanding); First Regiment 
Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1896. Bull, Robert Berry, 129 

1530 Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John Berry, Captain Commanding " Washington 
Artillery," First Regiment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David 
Harris, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1892. Carr, Alfred J., 20 

226 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John Wright, Second Corporal " Franklin Artil- 
lery," (Captain John Myers, Commanding); First Regiment 
Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia. Present at battles of Bladensburg, August 
26, 1814, and North Point, September 12, 1814. 



no 

Elected. State No. 

1892. Carr, James Edward, Jr., 10 

1026 McCulloh Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John Wright, Second Corporal "Franklin Artil- 
lerj'," (Captain John Mj^ers, Commanding); First Regiment 
Artillery, (lyieutenant Colonel David Karris, Commanding), 
Marj'land Militia. Present at battles of Bladensburg, August 
26, 18 14, and North Point, September 12, 1814. 

1895. Carr, Wiluam Edwin, 119 

509 Robert Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John Wright, Second Corporal "Franklin Artil- 
lery," (Captain John Myers, Commanding); First Regiment 
Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia. Present at battles of Bladensburg, August 
26, 1814, and North Point, September 12, 1814. 

1892. ^Chambers, Robert Marion, 18 

1514 John Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John M. Chambers, Private "Baltimore Union 
Artillerj^" (Captain John Montgomery, Commanding); First 
Regiment Artillerj'^, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

♦Died May 24, 1898. 

1892. Christhilf, Edward, 8 

S39 Harlem Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Harry Christhilf, Private Sixth Company, (Cap- 
tain Henry Myers, Commanding); Thirty-ninth Regiment Infan- 
try, (Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Fowler, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia, Present at battle of North Point, September 
12, 1814. 



Ill 

Elected. State No. 

1892. Chambers, Robert Marion, 18 

1514 John Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John Mcl^aughlin Chambers, Private "Baltimore 
Union Artillery," (Captain John Montgomery, Commanding); 
First Regiment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia. At battle of North Point, 
September 12, 18 14. 

1894. *CoBB, Charles H., 92 

1 2 28 Argyle Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Isaiah Cobb, Private in Captain J. B. Montgomery's 
Company, Massachusetts Militia. Was a prisoner of war con- 
fined in Dartmoor Prison, England, and not released until July, 
18 15. Was on privateer vessel at time of capture. 

*Died November 16, 1894. 

1895. Cole, John Carroll Le Grand, 115 

453 East Twenty-third Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grand.son of Walter Cody Hayes, Private " Marine Artillery," 
(Captain George Stiles, Commanding); Maryland Militia. 
Present at battle of North Point, September 12, 18 14. 

1894. Cole, Robert Clinton, 97 

1805 McCulloh Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of William Cole, Private Tenth Company, (Captain 
Nicholas Burke, Commanding); Sixth Regiment Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald. Commanding), Mary- 
land Militia. Engaged in battle of North Point, September 12, 
1814. 

1895. Conrad, James Madison Monroe, 87 

837 North Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of David Conrad, Ensign Twentieth Regiment, United 
States Infantry. Recruiting service; 18 14. 



112 

Elkctki). State No. 

1894. Conrad, Townsend Nelson, 116 

12 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of David Conrad, Ensign Twentieth Regiment, United 
States Infantry. Recruiting service; 18 14. 



1892. CoNTEE, Richard, 42 

Laurel, Prince George County, Md, 
Son of John Contee, Lieutenant United States Navy. Served 
on frigate "Constitution," under Commodores Hull and Bain- 
bridge, United States Navy, and to whom the State of Maryland 
presented svv^ord, and United States Government presented two 
medals (now in his possession), representing the British ships 
"Guerriere" and "Java" striking colors to the United States 
frigate ' ' Constitution ; " 1 8 1 2- 1 5 . 



1894. Culver, Francis Barnum, 107 

3 East Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of John Appleby, Private Sixth Company, 
(Captain James Foster, Commanding); Fifty-first Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Ame)^ Commanding), Mary- 
land Militia. At battle of North Point, September 12, 18 14. 



1889. Danaker, Edward T., 77 

529 South Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of John J. Daneker, Private Seventh Company, (Captain 
Schwarzauer, Commanding); Twenty-seventh Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy Long, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia. At battle of North Point, Md., September 
12, 1S14. 



113 

Elected. State No. 

1892 *Deal, John Thomas, Jr., 13 

817 North Eden Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Thomas Stewart, Private "Baltimore Union Ar- 
tillery," (Captain John Montgomery, Commanding); First Regi- 
ment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

*Died April— 1S96. 

1894. Dennis, James Teackle, 104 

Princess Ann, Somerset County, Md. 
Great-grandson of Thomas Willson, Private " Independent 
Blues," (Captain Aaron R. Levering, Commanding); Fifth Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1894. Dickey, Charles Herman, 79 

121 East Twenty-fifth Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Philip B. Sadtler, Captain of " Baltimore Yeagers ;" 
Fifth Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia. At battles of Bladensburg 
and North Point, Md.; 1814. 

1894. Dickey, Philip Sadtler, 72 

Chicago, 111. 

Grandson of Philip B. Sadtler, Captain of " Baltimore Yeagers ;" 
Fifth Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia. At battles of Bladensburg 
and North Point, Md.; 1814. 

1899. Douglass, Benjamin Dunn, 151 

Orange, N. J. 

Great-grandson of George Douglass, Private "Baltimore Fenci- 
bles," (Captain Joshua H. Nicholson, Commanding); First 
Regiment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 



114 

Elected. State No. 

1899. Douglass, Robert Dunn, 149 

Orange, N. J. 
Grandson of George Douglass, Private "Baltimore Fencibles," 
(Captain Joshua H. Nicholson, Commanding); First Regiment 
Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 

1899. Douglass, Robert Graham Dunn, 150 

Orange, N. J. 
Great-grandson of George Douglass, Private " Baltimore Fenci- 
bles," (Captain Joshua H. Nicholson, Commanding); First 
Regiment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1889. Downs, Samuel Addison, 6 

407 Warren Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Thomas Neven, Private Eighth Company, (Cap- 
tain Samuel McDonald, Commanding); Sixth Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel William McDonald, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia. Present at battle of North Point ; 18 14. 

1894. DuLANY, John Highenbotham, 93 

22 East Twenty-fifth Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of Samuel Dulany, Private " Mechanical Volun- 
teers," (Captain B. C. Howard, Commanding); Fifth Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia. Engaged in battles of Bladensburg, August 
26, 1814, and North Point, September 12, 1814. 

1893 Dulany, John Mason, 48 

22 East Twenty-fifth Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Samuel Dulany, Private "Mechanical Volunteers," 
(Captain B. C. Howard, Commanding); Fifth Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia. Engaged in battles of Bladensburg, August 
26, 1814, and North Point, Md., September 12, 1814. 



115 

Elected. State No. 

1894. DuLANY, William J, C, 95 

8 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Samuel Dulany, Private "Mechanical Volunteers," 
(Captain B. C. Howard, Commanding); Fifth Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia. Engaged in battles of Bladensburg, August 
26, 1814, and North Point, Md., September 12, 18 14. 

1893. Dulany, William Mason, 49 

22 East Twenty-fifth Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of Samuel Dulany, Private "Mechanical Volun- 
teers," (Captain B. C. Howard, Commanding); Fifth Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia. Engaged in battles of Bladensburg, August 
26, 18 14, and North Point, Md., September 12, 18 14. 

1892. *DuTTON, Thomas Waltham, 31 

1608 Edmundson Avenue, Baltimore, Md, 
Son of John Dutton, Private Sixth Company, (Captain Benja- 
min Ringgold, Commanding); Sixth Regiment Infantry, (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel William MacDonald, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia. Engaged in battle of North Point, September 12, 18 14. 

♦Died September 29, 1898. 

1892. Easter, Arthur Miller, 38 

12 East Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of Lewis Klein, Private in Captain George W. 
Blincol's Company, Virginia Militia. 

Great-grandson of Daniel Miller, Private in Maryland Cavalry, 
(Captain Jacob Baer, Commanding); Fifth Regiment Cavalry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel James Biays Commanding), Maryland 
Militia; 1814. 



IIG 

Electeh. State No. 

1895. Kluot, Thomas Ireland, 118 

222 Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John Bunting, Private in Captain Michael Peters' 
Company, Fifty-first Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Henry Amey, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

1892. Ford, Thomas G., 43 

1522 West Lauvale Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of James Darling, Third Corporal, Second Company, 
(Captain William Chalmers, Commanding); Fifty-first Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Amey, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1894. *Gehring, John George, 102 

420 North Gay Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of John George Gehring, Private "Baltimore Yeagers," 
(Captain Philip B. Sadtler, Commanding); Fifth Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia; 1814. 

•Died October 14, 1895. 

1S95. Gill, Nicholas Rufus, 112 

125 Aisquith Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Stephen Gill, Captain of Company in Forty-first 
Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel William Hutchins. 
Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1S14. 

1895. Gill, Robert Lee, 113 

125 Aisquith Street, Baltimore, Md. 

Great-grandson of Stephen Gill. Captain of Company in Forty- 
first Regiment Infantry, ( Lieutenant Colonel William Hutchins, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1S14. 



117 

Elected. State No. 

1S95. Gill, Roger Taney, 114 

2123 Bolton Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of Stephen Gill, Captain of Company in Forty- 
first Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel William Hutchins, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1893. Gill, William Harrison, 52 

Catonsville, Md. 
Son of William Lowry Gill, Midshipman United States Navy. 
Served on United States frigate "Superior," under Commodore 
Isaac Chauncey, United States Navy; 1812-15. 

1893. Green, Thomas N., 50 

2056 East Hoffman Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Thomas Neven, Private Eighth Company, (Captain 
Samuel McDonald, Commanding); Sixth Regiment Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel William McDonald, Commanding), Mary- 
land Militia; 18 14. 

1889. Griffith, Louis Philip, 2 

304 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Howard Griffith, Private "Independent Blues," (Captain 
Aaron R. Levering, Commanding); Fifth Regiment Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia; 18 14. 

1889. Hadel, Albert Kimberly, M. D,, 5 

162S John Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Nathaniel Kimberly, Private " W'ashington Blues," 
(Captain George H. Stewart, Commanding); Fifth Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterott, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia; 18 14. 



118 

Elected. State No. 

1892. Hall, Joseph Cotton, 32 

1 106 Clifton Place, Baltimore, Md. 
vSou of Joseph Hall, Private "Sea Fencibles," (Captain M. 
Simmons Bunbury, Commanding); Maryland Militia; 18 14, 

1899. Hargett, Douglass H., 148 

Frederick, Md. 
Grand.son of James Burns, Private First Company (Captain 
McConkey, Commanding); Twent5^-seventli Regiment Infantr>', 
(Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy Long, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia; 1814. 

1894. Hill, Nicholas Sluby, 90 

123 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Thomas Gardiner Hill, First Sergeant of Company 
commanded by Captain John McKane, Twenty-.seventh Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy Long, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1894. Hill, Samuel Emory, 81 

18 1 3 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Thomas Gardiner Hill, First Sergeant of Company com- 
manded by Captain John McKane, Twenty-seventh Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy Long, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1894. Hill, Thomas, 80 

Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Thomas Gardiner Hill, Inr.st Sergeant of Company com- 
manded by Captain John McKane, Twenty-seventh Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy Long, Commanding), 
Marj'land Militia ; 1814. 



119 

Elected. State No. 

1894. HoLLOWAY, Reuben Ross, 109 

207 East Prestou Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Reuben Ross, Lieutenant " First Baltimore Volun- 
teer Artillery," (Captain Abram Pike, Commanding); First 
Regiment 'Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 



1892. Hough, John Edward, 25 

1422 Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John T, Sumwalt, Fourth Corporal "Washington 
Artillery," (Captain John Berry, Commanding); First Regiment 
Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 1S14. Served in six-gun battery at bombard- 
ment of Fort McHenry, Md., September 12-13, 1814. 



1897. Hough, Pliny Miles, 133 

1404 Myrtle Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John T. Sumwalt, Fourth Corporal "Washington 
Artillery," (Captain John Berry, Commanding); First Regiment 
Artillery, (Lieutenant Colpnel David Harris, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 18 14. Served in six-gun battery at bombard- 
ment of Fort McHenry, Md., September 12-13, i8i4- 



1892. Howard, Ernest, 22 

1600 John Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of John Wright, Second Corporal " Franklin Artillery." 
(Captain John Myers, Commanding); Finst Regiment Artillery, 
(Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia; 1S14. 



120 

Elkcted. State No. 

1894. Igi,ehart, James Davidson, M. D., 91 

1214 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of James Davidson, Private "Union Artiller>'," (Cap- 
tain John Montgomery, Commanding); First Regiment Artil- 
lery, (lyieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), Mary- 
land Militia ; 1S14. 

1896. Jenkins, Edward Austin, 131 

816 Equitable Building. Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Edward Jenkins, Private ' ' Independent Com- 
pan}-, " (Captain Samuel Sterett, Commanding); Fifth Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

Grandson of John T. Jenkins, Sergeant of Artillery Company, 
(Captain John Barnes, Commanding); Fifth Brigade, Maryland 
Militia ; 1814. 

1896. Jenkins, Francis de Sai^es, 130 

Pau, France, 
Grandson of Edward Jenkins, Private "Independent Com- 
pany," (Captain Samuel Sterett, Commanding); Fifth Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

Grandson of John T. Jenkins, Sergeant of Artillery Company, 
(Captain John Barnes, Commanding); Fifth Brigade, Maryland 
Militia; 18 14. 

1894. *Jones, Hugh Bi'rgess, 98 

lor Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of William Robinson Jones, Purser in United States Flotilla 
service; 18 14. 

•Died April 1, 1895. 



121 

Elected. ^statk No. 

1895. Keplinger, John Bernard, 117 

1529 North Broadway, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Michael Keplinger, Private Second Company, (Cap- 
tain William Chalmers, Commanding), Fifty-first Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Araey, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

1896. King, Charles Alfred Ely, United States Navy. 127 

Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of George Ely, Private in Seventh Company, 
(Captain George Steever, Commanding); Twenty-seventh Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy Long, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

1897. Knott, Hon. Aloysius Leo, 134 

1029 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Edward Knott, Ensign and Lieutenant in Captain John 
Wailes' Company, Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Cramer's Regiment 
Infantry, Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

1894. ^'Lamping, William, 71 

18 1 S Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of William Starr, Private "American Artiller- 
ists," (Captain Richard B. Magruder, Commanding) ; First 
Regiment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 

♦Died July 1, 1895. 

1893. Laughter, William Hunt, 6i 

302 West Lauvale Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of William L. Laughter, Captain of Company, First Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Colonel Duncan McDonald, Commanding), 
North Carolina Militia ; 1814. 

1897. Leary, Peter, Jr., Captain U. S. Army, 137 

Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Peter Leary, Lieutenant in Captain Andrew Elli- 
cott Warner's Company, Thirty-ninth Regiment Infantry, (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Benjamin Fowler, Commanding j, Maryland 
Militia ; 1S14. 



122 

Elected. State No. 

1894. lyEE, Howard Hali< Macy, hi 

313 North Carey Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of George W. Ford, Private "Independent 
Artillerists," (Captain Charles Pennington, Commanding); First 
Regiment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 

1893. *McCuRLEy, Felix, Commander, U. S. Navy. 51 

Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Felix McCurley, Private in Eighth Company, 
(Captain Andrew Smith, Commanding); Fifty-first Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henr>' Amey, Commanding), Mary- 
land Militia; 1814, 

♦Died May 3, 189G. 

1893. McCuRLEY, James Wallace, 53 

328 West Chelten Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Felix McCurley, Private in Eighth Com- 
pany, (Captain Andrew Smith, Commanding); Fifty-first Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Amey, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

Great-grandson of William Fowble, Private "Union Yeagers." 
(Captain Dominic Bader, Commanding); First Rifle Battalion, 
(Major William Pinkney, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 
1814. 

Great-grandson of William Graham, Private Sixth Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel William McDonald, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

Great-great-grandson of James Gould, Private " First Baltimore 
Volunteer Artillery." (Captain Abraham Pike, Commanding); 
First Regiment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris. 
Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1S14. 



123 

Elkcted. State No. 

1892. Mackenzie, George Norbury, 35 

1808 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Thomas Mackenzie, Private in Second Company, 
(Captain John Kennedy, Commanding); Twenty-seventh Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy Long, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

Grandson of Howell Dow^ning, Private in Fifth Company, 
(Captain John Stewart, Commanding); Fiftj^-first Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Ame)-, Commanding), Mary- 
land Militia; 1814. 



1898. McNeal, Joshua VaNvSAnt, 142 

909 North Cah'ert Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of James McNeal, Private "Eagle Artillerists," (Cap- 
tain George J. Brown, Commanding); First Regiment Artil- 
lery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), Mary- 
land Militia ; 18 14. 

1894. Maloney, James Ai^oysius, M. D., 86 

Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Anthony Grady, Private Second Company, (Cap- 
tain William Chalmers, Commanding); Fifty-first Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Amey, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

•Died October 29, 1897. 

1896. Marine, William Matthew, 123 

2514 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of William Knowles, Private in Captain Thomas 
Rider's Company, Delaware Militia ; 18 12-14. 



124 

Elected. State No. 

1895. Martin, Harry Culver, 121 

Greensboro, N. C. 
Grandson of Francis Monmonier, Second Sergeant " Fell's 
Point Riflemen," (Captain William B. Dyer, Commanding); 
First Battalion of Riflemen, (Major William Pinkney, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1893. Medairy, George R., 46 

50 North Howard Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of John Medairy, Private "Union Volunteers," (Captain 
Christian Adreon, Commanding); Fifth Regiment Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia; 18 14. 

1893. Medairy, Jacob H., 47 

16 16 Bolton Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of John Medairy, Private "Union Volunteers," (Captain 
Christian Adreon, Commanding); Fifth Regiment Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia ; 18 14. 

1892. Merrikin, David Wilus, 16 

St. Dennis, Howard County, Md. 
Grandson of Joseph R. Merrikin, Private Third Company, 
(Captain Thomas Watson, Commanding); Thirty-ninth Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Fowler, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1892. Mills, EzEKiEL, Jr.. 21 

2132 Bolton Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Ezekiel Mills, Sr., Private "Baltimore Union 
Artillery," (Captain John Montgomery, Commanding); First 
Regiment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 



125 

Elbctkd. State No. 

1892. Mills, George Albert, 33 

705 North Gilmor Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Ezekiel Mills, St., Private " Baltimore Union Artil- 
ler3%" (Captain John Montgomery, Commanding); First Regi- 
ment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1893. Morgan, John Hurst, 106 

219 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of John Berry, Captain "Washington Artil- 
lery," First Regiment of Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David 
Harris, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1892. *Morling, Frank L., 14 

18 North Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Thomas B. Watts, Private in " Sharp Shooters," 
(Captain Edward Aisquith, Commanding); First Rifle Bat- 
talion, (Major William Pinkney, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia ; 1814. 

♦Died March 25, 1895. 

1892. Nash, Charles W., 41 

17 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Hugh Davey, Private "Marine Artillery," (Cap- 
tain George Stiles, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1898. Neilson, Robert Musgrave, 141 

921 N. Arlington Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Robert Neilson, Private in Captain Alexander 
Crook's Company, Twenty-seventh Regiment Infantry, (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Kennedy Long, Commanding), Maryland Militia ; 
18 14. Also, Private in Captain James Fester's Company, Fifty- 
first Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Amey, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 



126 

Elected. Static No. 

1892. *NicoLL, Benjamin Brevard, 30 

Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Thomas Nicoll, Private "Fell's Point Riflemen." (Captain 
William B. Dyer, Commanding); First Rifle Battalion, (Major 
William Pinkney, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

•Died October— 1S94. 

1896. Noel, Jacob Edward, 124 

Tacoma, Washington. 
Grandson of Jacob Noel, Private "York Volunteers," (Captain 
Michael PI. Spangler, Commanding); attached to Fifth Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1893. Norwood, Randolph, Captain and Brevet Major 65 

U. S. Army, Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. 

Son of John Norwood, Private First Company, (Captain 
Archibald Dobbin, Commanding); Thirty-ninth Regiment In- 
fantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Fowler, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1898. Owens, Edward Burneston, 138 

19 1 2 Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Joseph Owens, Private "Independent Company." 
(Captain James Sterett, Commanding); Fifth Regiment Infantr>', 
(Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia ; 1814. 

Grandson of Benjamin Buck, First Lieutenant " Washington 
Artillery," (Captain John Berry, Commanding); "P'irst Regi- 
ment Artillery," (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 18 14. 



127 

^Elected. Stats; No. 

1894. Parrish, James Hagerty, 83 

115 East Lombard Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of William Parrish, Private in "Sharp Shooters," 
(Captain Edward Aisquith, Commanding) ; First Rifle Battalion, 
(Major William Pinkney, Commanding), Marj-land Militia; 1814. 

1894. Parrish, Wii^liam Tippett, 84 

115 East Lombard Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of William Parrish, Private in " Sharp Shooters, " 
(Captain Edward Aisquith, Commanding); First Rifle Battalion, 
(Major William Pinkney, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1892. Primrose, Samuel Fletcher, 17 

my East Oliver Street. Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Samuel Hush, Private in Company commanded by 
Captain G. McGee ; First Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Col- 
onel John Ragan, Commanding), Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 

1894. Randall, Watson Beale, 94 

1 2 14 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of Thomas Watson, Captain Third Company, 
Thirty-ninth Regiment Infantrj'-, (Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin 
Fowler, Commanding), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 
Great-grandson of Lemuel Taylor, Adjutant Fifth Regiment 
Cavalry, (Lieutenant Colonel James Biays, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1894. Reed, John Ludovicus, 103 

II South Gay Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Henry L. Reed, Private in Captain John R. Jones' Com- 
pany, (18 13); and Private in Captain George Brooks' Company, 
Virginia Militia; 181 4. 



128 

Electku. Statk No. 

1892. *Reip, Alfred H,, i 

Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Henry Reip, Private " Baltimore Yeagers," (Captain 
Philip B. Sadtler, Commanding); Fifth Regiment Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia; 18 14. 

♦Died February 10, 1S95. 

1894. *Reynolds, Charles Ambrose, Colonel United States Army, 69 

Baltimore, Md. 
Son of John Reynolds, Private " Baltimore Rifles," (Captain 
Coates, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1S14. Veteran Mem- 
ber of the "Society of Old Defenders," Baltimore, Md. 

♦Died March 2, 189C. 

1896. Reynolds, William Butler, Captain United States Army, 126 

Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 
Grandson of John Reynolds Private " Baltimore Rifles," (Cap- 
tain Coates, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 18 14. Veteran 
Member of the "Society of Old Defenders," Baltimore, Md. 

1896. RiDGATE, Thomas Howe, 128 

1622 Q Street, Washington, D. C. 
Son of Benjamin Cornick Ridgate, Private " Baltimore Hus- 
sars," (Captain James Sterett, Commanding); Fifth Regiment 
Cavalry, (Lieutenant Colonel James Biays, Commanding , 
Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1898. Rusk, Jacob Krebs, Jr., 145 

17 II Fairmount Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of George Rusk, Private "Fell's Point Light Dra- 
goons," (Captain John Hanna, Commanding); Fifth Regiment 
Cavalry, (Lieutenant Colonel James Biays, Commanding;, 
Maryland Militia ; 1814. 



129 

Elected. State No. 

1892. *Sadti.er, Chari.es Herbert, 37 

Circuit Court, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Philip B. Sadtler, Captain "Baltimore Yeagers ;" 
Fifth Regiment Infantr}^ (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

♦Died June 8, 1899. 

1894. SADTI.ER, Christopher Columbus, 64 

217 Huntington Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Philip B. Sadtler, Captain "Baltimore Yeagers ;" Fifth 
Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 

1892. Sadtler, Howard Putt, 29 

1622 Bolton Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Philip B. Sadtler, Captain " Baltimore Yeagers ;" 
Fifth Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1894. Sadtler, J. P. Benjamin, 75 

219 East Twenty-fifth Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Philip B. Sadtler, Captain "Baltimore Yeagers;" 
Fifth Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, 
Commanding), Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1892. ScHMiNKE, Frederick William, 27 

49 German Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of George Schminke, Private " Baltimore Yeagers ;" (Cap- 
tain Philip B. Sadtler, Commanding); Fifth Regiment Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia ; 1814. 



130 

Elected. State No. 

1894. Shoemaker, Michael Myers, ho 

446 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. 
Grandson of Henry Steiner, Captain "Steiner's Artillery," 
(Frederick County, Maryland); First Regiment Artillery, (Lieu- 
tenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 
1814. 

1889. Smith, Robert T., 7 

20 North Calhoun Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of Benjamin B. Smith, Private "Marine Artillery," Cap- 
tain George Stiles, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1896. Steuart, James Edmondson, 125 

209 St. Paul Street, Baltimore. Md. 
Grandson of George H. Stewart, Captain "Washington Blues," 
Fifth Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, 
Commanding), Mar>'land Militia ; 1814. 

1894. Stickney, George Henry, 70 

II South Gay Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Henry Stickney, Private "Baltimore Fencibles," 
Captain Joshua H. Nicholson, Commanding); First Regiment 
Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 

1894. Strobel, Albert Perigo, 82 

53 Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Peter Strobel, Corporal "Eagle Artillen'," (Cap- 
tain George J. Brown, Commanding); First Regiment Artillery, 
(Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia; 1814. 



131 

Elected. State No. 

1898. TaIvBott, Hattersly W., 139 

Rockville, Montgomery County, Md. 
Grandson of Richard Talbott, Ensign in Captain John W. Dor- 
sey's Company, Thirty-second Regiment Infantry, Maryland 
Militia ; 1814. 

1894. Tucker, James Armstrong Owings, 96 

200 Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Thomas Gardiner Hill, First Sergeant Fourth Com- 
pany, (Captain John McKane, Commanding); Twenty-seventh 
Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy Long, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 



1897. ViCKERS, \VlLI<IAM HanDY C0I.I.INS, 1 36 

Mount Vernon Hotel, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Joel Vickers, Second Lieutenant " Marine Artillery 
Corps," (Captain George Stiles, Commanding); Maryland Mili- 
tia; 1814. 

Grandson of John Williamson Wilmer, Private First ' ' Balti- 
more Hussars," (Captain James Sterett, Commanding); Fifth 
Regiment Cavalry, (Lieutenant Colonel James Biays, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1894. Wade, Samuel Henry, 89 

307 East Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of Thomas Sample, Private in Commodore 
Joshua Barney's Flotilla, Maryland Militia; 18 14. 



132 

Elected. State No. 

1894. Warfield, Edwin, 88 

Fidelity Trust Building, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Gassaway Watkins, Lieutenant Colonel in com- 
mand of troops, Annapolis, Md., 18 13. 

1894. Warner, Culi5reth Hopewell, 68 

Law Building, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Michael Warner, Quartermaster Fifty-first Regi- 
ment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Amey, Command- 
ing), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1892. Watts, Benjamin, 24 

131 6 North Strieker Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Sou of Nathaniel Watts, Private in Company commanded by 
Captain A. Showers, Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

1893. Whyte, William Pinkney, Jr. 44 

9 East Chase Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Great-grandson of William Pinkney, Major Commanding First 
Rifle Battalion, Maryland Militia; 18 14. 

1894. Wilson, John Appleton, 67 

5 East Lexington Street, Baltimore, Md. 
Grandson of Thomas Wilson, Private " Independent Blues," 
(Captain Aaron R. Levering, Commanding); Fifth Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett, Commanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

1896. Wilson, John Sanford. 122 

Catonsville, Md. 
Grandson of John Sandford Wilson, Private in Captain J. B. 
Snowden's Company, Maryland Militia ; 1814. 



133 

„ State No. 

Elected. 

1892. Wright, John Randolph, 3 

910 Edmondson Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 
Son of John Wright. Second Corporal "Franklin Artillery," 
(Captain John Myers, Commanding); First Regiment Artillery, 
(Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Commanding), Maryland 
Militia ; 18 14. 



Total Descendant Membership, . . . -142 

Resigned, • 20 

Deceased, ^4 

Membership, October i, 1899 108 



SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 



IN THE 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
Organized April 3, 1S94. Incorporated September 10, 1894. 



1899. 



Piesidcnt, 
FRANKLIN THOMASON BEATTY, M. D. 

Jlcc-Prcsidenis, 

CHARIvES WILLIAM GALLOUPE, M. D., 

EDWARD HENRY ELDREDGE, 

WELLINGTON POOL. 

Secretary, 

JOSEPH HIRAM STARR PEARSON, 

(Address : P. O. Box 6, Boston, Massachusetts ) 

Treasurer, 
AMOS BINNEY. 

lieaistrar, 
IIOSEA EMERY BOWEN. 

Executive Committee, 
The President, Secretary and Treasurer (ex officio), and 
SETH NEWTON GAGE, GEORGE FRANCIS PIERCE, 

CHARLES SUMNER PARSONS, ALLEN ARNOLD. 

Delegates to the Gcneial Society, 
SETH NEWTON GAGE, GEORGE FRANCIS PIERCE, 

CHARLES SUMNER PARSONS, ALLEN ARNOLD. 



1^ 



oi 



Descendant Members 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY. 



Elected. State No. 

1894. A1.DEN, Charles Henry, Jr., 5 

1024 Tremont Building, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Charles Henry Alden, Musician in Captain Judson 
Cheristree's Company, Twelfth Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Commandant John T. Van Dolfsen, Commanding), New 
York State Militia ; 18 14. 

1896. Allen, Crawford Carter, 48 

Newtonville, Mass. 
Grandson of Howard Allen, Private in Captain Perry Cook's 
Company of Rhode Island Regiment Infantry, commanded by 
Colonel Isaac Stall ; 18 13. 

1899. Amee, Albert Francis, 64 

Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Jacob Amee, Private in Captain Fifield's 
Company, Third (Messinger's) Regiment Infantry, Massachusetts 
Militia ; 18 14. 

1896. Arnold, Allen, 49 

103 Sears Building, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Allen Lowd, Second Lieutenant in Captain William 
Gates' Company, Corps of Artillery stationed at Fort Indepen- 
dence, for defence of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts ; 1814-15. 

(139) 



140 

Elected. State No. 

1899. Bates, Theodore Cornelius, 63 

Worcester, Mass. 
Grandson of Obadiah Bates, Private in Captain Peter I,othrop's 
Company of (Cohasset) Massachusetts Militia ; 18 14. 

1894. Beatty, Franklin Thomason, M. D., 3 

Exeter Chambers, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of James Beatt)'^, United States Navy Agent of the 
Port of Baltimore, Maryland ; 18 12-15. 

1894. BiNNEY, Amos, A. B., S. B., 7 

Exchange Building, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Amos Binney, United States Navy Agent of the 
Port of Boston, Massachusetts; 1812-15. Also, Lieutenant 
Colonel Commanding First Regiment of Infantry, Third Brigade, 
(Brigadier General Arnold Welles, Commanding), First Division, 
(Major General Elijah Crane, Commanding), Massachusetts 
Militia ; 1813-15. In service of the United States, 1814. 
Great-grandson of John Binney, Captain Fourth Regiment, 
United States Infantr)^ (Colonel Robert Purdy, Commanding); 
1812-14. 

1895. BiNNKv, Arthur, 31 

118 Highland Street, Roxbury, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Amos Binney, United States Navy Agent of the 
Port of Boston, Massachusetts; 1812-15. Also, Lieutenant 
Colonel Commanding First Regiment of Infantrj^ Third Brigade, 
(Brigadier General Arnold Welles, Commanding), First Division, 
(Major General Elijah Crane, Commanding), Massachusetts 
Militia; 1813-15. In service of the United States, 1814. 
Great-grand.son of John Binney, Captain Fourth Regiment, 
United States Infantrj', (Colonel Robert Purdy, Commanding); 
1812-14. 



141 

Elected. State No. 

1895. BiNNEY, William Greene, A. B., A. M., 34 

Burlington, N. J. 
Grandson of Amos Binney, United States Navy Agent of the 
Port of Boston, Mas.sachusetts ; 1812-15. Also, lyieutenaut 
Colonel Commanding First Regiment of Infantry, Third Brigade, 
(Brigadier General Arnold Welles, Commanding), First Division, 
(Major General Elijah Crane, Commanding), Massachusetts 
Militia; 1S13-15. In service of the United States, 1814. 
Grandson of John Binney, Captain Fourth Regiment, United 
States Infantry, (Colonel Robert Purdy, Commanding); 18 12-14. 

1895. Blaisdell, Frank Moses, 36 

1 1 18 Tremont Building, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Moses Blaisdell, Private Sixth Company, (Captain 
Joshua Meriam, Commanding), Third Regiment of Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Edward Sise, Commanding), "Western 
Brigade," Detached New Hampshire Militia, (Brigadier General 
John Montgomery, Commanding). Stationed at Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, for defence of the sea-board; 1814. 

1894. Blunt, Stanhope English, Major U. S. Army, 29 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-graudnephew of Mark S. Blunt, Lieutenant of New 
Hampshire Privateer "Portsmouth;" 18 12-15. Lost at sea off 
the Island of Madeira, January, 1815. 

1894. BOWEN, HOSEA EmERV, 1 4 

4 Liberty Square, Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Mathew McDaniel, Private in Captain 
Chamberlain's Company of Infantry, Massachusetts (or Prov- 
ince of Maine) Militia, for defence of the sea-coast ; i8 12-13. 



142 

Elected. State No. 

1895, Briggs, Frank Harrison, 30 

2 High Street, Boston, Mass. 
Graudnephew of Thomas Otis Briggs, Sailor on American Priva- 
teer captured by British; 1813. Imprisoned at Halifax, Nova 
Scotia, and Dartmoor, England, during war. 

1894. BuFFUM, William Mansfield, 6 

45 High Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of James R. BufFum, Private in Captain J. C, King's 
Company, Colonel James White's Regiment of Infantry, Massa- 
chusetts Militia ; 18 14. 

Grandson of Benjamin Swan, Private in Captain William B. 
Dodge's Company, Colonel James White's Regiment of Infantry, 
Massachusetts Militia ; 1814. 

1896. Chandler, Frederick Emerson, M. D., 50 

5 Ashland Street, Dorchester, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Daniel Henderson ; First Lieutenant Twenty- 
first Regiment, United States Infantry ; 181 2-15. 

1898. Clark, Augustus Taylor, 58 

47 Hancock Avenue, Newton Centre, Mass. 
Grandson of Thomas Cnnby Aldrich ; Sergeant in Captain 
Csesar A. Rodney's Company of Artillery, Delaware Volunteer 
Militia; 1814-15. 

1894. *COLLAMORK, HON. JOIIN HoFFMAN, 8 

510 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Mass. 
Nephew of John Hoffman, Lieutenant in the American Priva- 
teer service from Massachusetts ; 18 12-15. 

*Died November 4, 1S96. 



143 

Elected. State No. 

1896. Cox, Edwin Birchard, 45 

P. O. Box, 1234, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Matthew Cox, First Lieutenant Fourth Regiment 
Infantry, Detached Massachusetts Militia, (Lieutenant-Colonel 
Brimblecome, Commanding); Major-General Amos Hovey's 
Division ; 18 14. 

1896. Cox, William Emerson, 46 

P. O. Box, 1234, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Matthew Cox, First Lieutenant Fourth Regiment 
Infantry, Detached Massachusetts Militia, (Lieutenant-Colonel 
Brimblecome, Commanding); Major-General Amos Hovey's 
Division ; 18 14. 

1897. Daly, Martin Ordway, D. D. S.. 54 

29 Hollis Street, Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of James Daly, Private in Captain Henry Field's 
Company of New York State (drafted) Militia Detachment, 
stationed at Sag Harbor, L- L; 18 14, 

Great-grandson of Robert Pierce Tolman ; Private in Captain J, 
B. Marston's Company of Infantry, Third (Messinger's) 
Regiment, Massachusetts Militia ; 18 14. 

1899. Eastwick, Charles Henry, 66 

113 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Thomas Eastwick, Private in Captain William 
Davenport's Company, Sixteenth Regiment, United States 
Infantry; 1812-1815. 

1897. Edge, Nelson James Harrison, 53 

95 Wayne Street, Jersey City, N. J. 
Son of Isaac Edge, 2d, Private and Drummer in Captain Samuel 
M. Smith's Company, Third Regiment ("Independent Jersey 
Blues") New Jersey Militia, (Colonel John Freliughuysen, 
Commanding); 1814. 



144 

Elected. Statb No. 

1894. Eldredge, Edward Henry, 15 

16 State Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Oliver Eldredge, Quartermaster First Regiment 
lufautr)', (Lieutenant-Colonel Amos Binney, Commanding), 
Third Brigade, (Brigadier General Arnold Welles, Commanding), 
First Division, (Major General Elijah Crane, Commanding), 
Massachusetts Militia ; 18 13. 

1897. EsTES, Frederick Anson, 56 

277 Button Street, Lowell, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Tristram Goodwin, enlisted as Private March 
I, 181 3, in Captain Moses Hoit's Company, Ninth Regiment, 
United States Infantry. Roll of Lieutenant William L. Foster's 
Company, dated French's Mills, New York, November 30, 1S13, 
shows him joined from Lieutenant E. Child's Company at 
Grenadier Island, Died December 27, 18 13, as of Captain 
Chester Lyman's Company ; 1813. 

1894. Frisbee, Frankun Senter, LL. B., 12 

Penacook, N. H. 
Great-great-grandson of Joseph Butterfield, Corporal Fourth 
Company, (Captain Phineas Stone, Commanding), First Regi- 
ment, (Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Fisk, Commanding), 
"Western Brigade," Detached New Hampshire Militia, (Brig- 
adier General John Montgomery, Commanding). Stationed at 
Portsmouth, New Hamp.shire, for defence of the sea-board ; 18 14. 



1 "> 



1895. Gage, Seth Newton, A. B., 3 

Exchange Building, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Seth Shaler Arnold, Orderly Sergeant in Captain 
James Veitch's Company of Infantry. Maryland Militia, for the 
defence of Annapolis against British fleet ; 18 13-14. 



145 

Elected. State. No. 

1894. Galloupp:, Charles Wiixiam, A. B., M. D., 4 

184 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Isaac Gallop, Sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Lam- 
son's (Beverly) Companj- of Infantry, Ma.'^sachusetts Militia; 
1S12-15. 

1895. Hall, Bordman, LL. B. , 40 

27 School Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Frye Hall, Private in Lieutenant N. Brook's Com- 
pany, in Lieutenant E. Hanford's Company, and in Captain 
Asher Palmer's Company of Infantry, Massachusetts Militia ; 
1814. 

1894. Hastings, Henry, 25 

126 State Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Walter Hastings, Captain in ("North" Company 
of Townsend) Second Regiment Infantry, Massachusetts Militia; 
1812. Also, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding Second Regiment 
Infantry, Second Brigade, TBrigr.dier General Simon Coburn, 
Commanding), Third Division, (Major General Joseph B. 
Varnum, Commanding), Massachusetts Militia ; 1812-14. In 
command of Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, 1814. 

1896. Howard, William Hanson, 43 

Lowell, Mass. 
Grandson of William Howard, Musician in Captain Paul Mont- 
gomery's Company of Waldron's command. New Hampshire 
Militia. In service of the United States ; 18 14. 

1896. Hyde, Frank Charles, 51 

31 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 

Great-grandson of Norman Clark, Sergeant First Regiment, 

First Brigade, Thirteenth Division, Massachusetts Militia ; 

181 2-14. 



146 

Elected. State No. 

1894. James, George Frank, 10 

648 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Samuel James, Captain Fifth Company, Fifth 
Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lovering, 
Commandant), "Western Brigade," Detached New Hampshire 
Militia, (Brigadier General John Montgomery, Commanding). 
Stationed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for defence of the 
sea-board ; 18 14. 

1895. Jordan, William Meserve, 41 

20 Greenville Street, Roxbury, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Stephen Porter, Private in Captain Nathan 
Whittier's Company, Fifth Regiment Infantry (McGaffey's), 
Massachusetts Militia. Called into service to rendezvous at 
Hallowell and there discharged. Also, Captain Commanding 
Company of Cavalry, Massachusetts (or Province of Maine) 
Militia; 1812-15. 



1896. Joy, William Francis, 47 

Swampscott, Mass. 
Grandson of Francis Joy, Corporal in Captain I. B. T. Romayue's 
Company, United States Corps of Artillery, January 4, 18 13, 
Sergeant July 26. 1S14. (Quartermaster Sergeant September i, 
1816, discharged and re-enlisted, 18 16; Quartermaster Sergeant 
in Captain B. K. Pierce's Company, Artillery Corps, February 
28, 18 18, discharged October 7, 1822 ; re-enlisted November i, 
1822, in Battery " I," discharged November i, 1827 ; re-enlisted 
in same Battery November i, 1827, discharged November i, 
1832, as Sergeant; re-enlisted in same Battery November i, 
1832, discharged October 31, 1837, ^s Sergeant; 1813 to 
18370 



147 

Elected. Statb No 

1899. LuNT, Wii^LiAM Wallace, 65 

Hingliam, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Lebbeus Curtis, Sergeant- Major of Colonel 
Page's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia ; 18 14. 

1895. Macdonough, Rodney, 42 

205 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Thomas Macdonough, Lieutenant United States 
Navy, 181 2 ; Master Commandant, 1813 ; Captain United States 
Navy, 18 14. Commanded the United States fleet on Lake 
Champlain, and received the thanks of Congress and a gold 
medal for his brilliant victor}', "achieved over a confident, vig- 
orous and powerful foe," on that lake, off Cumberland Head; 
September 11, 18 14. 

Grandson of William Greene Hackstaff, Private in Captain 
Daniel W. Crocker's Company of New York State Horse Artil- 
ler}'. Independent Battalion of Governor's Guards, (Major Daniel 
E. Dunscomb, Commanding), New York State Militia; 1S14. 

1895. Packard, Ambrose, 39 

140 West Eighth Street, Bayonue. N. J. 
Grandson of Ambrose Packard, Private in Captain Nehemiah 
Lincoln's Company, Third Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Caleb Howard, Commanding), First Brigade, (Brigadier 
General Sylvanus Lazell, Commanding), Fifth Division, (Major 
General Nathaniel Goodvv'in, Commanding), Massachusetts 
Militia; 18 14. 

1894. Parker, Montgomery Davis, Captain U. S. Army, 24 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great- grandson of Amasa Davis, Quartermaster of Mas.sachusetts 
State forces, (with rank of Brigadier General); 1812-15. 



148 

Elected. State No. 

1897. Parsons, Chari.es Sumner, 55 

50 City Hall, Boston, Mass 
Grandson of John Parsons, Private in Captain D. Elwell's Com- 
pany of Massachusetts Militia. In battle at Gloucester, Septem- 
ber 19, 1814. 



1894. Pearson, Joseph Hiram Starr, 27 

401 Meridian Street, East Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Charles Marston, Private Second Company, (Captain 
George Evans, Commanding), Major Edward J. Long's Regi- 
ment of Infantry. Detached New Hampshire Militia. Stationed 
at Fort Washington, for the defence of Piscataqua Harbor; 
1814. 

1894. Philbrook, Charles Calhoun, 9 

57 Temple Place, Boston, Mass. 
Son of Alfred Spooner'^ Philbrook, a Volunteer, who, too young 
to enlist, was present with the Company in which his father 
.served, at Fort McClary, New Hamp.shire ; 18 12. Subsequently 
a Private in the Vermont Militia ; 18 15. 

Grandson of Benjamin Philbrook, (Philbrick), Private in Captain 
Robert McNeil's Company of Artillery, of Battalion of Detached 
New Hamp.shire Militia under command of Major Timothy 
Upham, United States Army, ^and subsequently of Major John 
Bassett, United States Army ; assigned to Fort McClary, New 
Hamp.shire, (Lieutenant Colonel John Darrington, United States 
Army, Commandant), for the defence of Portsmouth, New 
Hamp.shire, and Navy Yard ; 18 12. 

Grand-nephew, of John Sly, Private in Captain John Morrill's 
Company, Colonel Edward Fifield's Regiment of Infantry, De- 
tached Vermont Militia; 1813-14. 



149 

^^^■^^^'>- State No. 

1894. Philbrook, Frederick Bacon, 2 

32 Worcester Square, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Alfred Spooner Philbrook, a \'olunteer, who, too 
young to enlist, was present with the Company in which his 
father served, at Fort McClary, New Hampshire ; 1S12. Subse- 
quently a Private in the Vermont Militia ; 18 15. 
Great-grandson of Benjamin Philbrook, (Philbrick), Private in 
Captain Robert McNeil's Company of Artillery, of Battalion of 
Detached New Hampshire Militia under command of Major 
Timothy Upham, United States Army, and subsequently of 
Major John Bassett, United States Army ; assigned to Fort 
McClary, New Hampshire, (Lieutenant Colonel John Darring- 
ton, United States Army, Commandant), for the defence of 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Navy Yard ; 18 12. 
Great-grandnephew of John Sly, Private in Captain John 
Morrill's Company, Colonel Edward Fifield's Regiment of 
Infantry, Detached Vermont Militia ; 1813-14. 
Great-grandson of Jonathan Bacon, Private in Captain John 
Reed, Jr.'s Company, Third (Middlesex County) Regiment, 
Massachusetts Militia ; 1815. 

1897. Pierce, George Francis, 52 

400 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of Lewis Pierce, Ensign First Brigade, First Division, 
Massachusetts Militia, September 16, 1811 ; promoted First 
Lieutenant March 7, 18 15. vServed as Adjutant First Regiment, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Dudley, Commanding), Massachu- 
setts Militia ; 1812-14. 



150 

Elbctbd. State No. 

1894. Pool, Wellington, 13 

Wenham, Essex County, Mass. 
Son of William Pool, Private in Captain Charles Tarr's Com- 
pan)^ Second Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel James 
Appleton, Commanding), First Brigade, (Brigadier General 
Samuel G. Derby, Commanding), Second Division, (Major 
General Amos Plovey, Commanding), Massachusetts Militia ; 
18 14. In battle with British Marines (attempting to land to 
destroy the town), at the alarm of Gloucester, September 19, 
1814. 



1898. Richards, Charles Spielmann, 61 

29 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of John Richards, Private in Captain B. B. 
Appleton's Company of Infantry, Third (Messinger's) Regiment, 
Massachusetts Militia, for defence of sea-board ; 1814. 



1898. Richards, Jeremiah, 60 

87 Grand Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of John Richards, Private in Captain B. B. Appleton's 
Company of Infantry, Third (Messinger's) Regiment, Massachu- 
setts Militia, for defence of sea-board ; 18 14. 



1898. Richardson, George Eliot, 59 

Rockland Street, Wellesley Hills, Mass. 
Grandson of Major General Alford Richardson, Commanding 
Thirteenth Division, Massachusetts Militia; 1S12-14. In 
service at defence of the town of Portland. Was employed by the 
Board of War of Massachusetts to pay off the troops of the 
Twelfth and Thirteenth Divisions, Massachusetts Militia; 1814. 



151 

Elected. State No. 

1894. Ripley, WiNFiELD Scott, Jr., 26 

88 Court Street, Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Uriah Ripley, Captain First Regiment Infan- 
tr}^ (Lieutenant Colonel William Rj^erson, Commanding), First 
Brigade, (Brigadier General John Turner, Commanding), Thir- 
teenth Division, (Major General Alford Richardson, Command- 
ing), Massachusetts (or Province of Maine) Militia; 1814. 
Great-grandson of Jotham Perham, Captain of (Woodstock) 
Company, First Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel William 
Ryerson, Commanding), First Brigade, (Brigadier General John 
Turner, Commanding), Thirteenth Division, (Major General 
Alford Richardson, Commanding), Massachusetts (or Province 
of Maine) Militia ; 1814. 

1895. RoBBiNS, Howard Sumner, 33 

82 Worth Street, New York, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Josiah Robbins, Private Eighth Company, 
(Captain Silas Call, Commanding), Second Regiment Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel John Steele, Commanding), "Western 
Brigade," Detached New Hampshire Militia, (Brigadier General 
John Montgomery, Commanding). Stationed at Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, for defence of the sea-board ; 1814. 

1895. Roberts, Charles Bailey, 37 

86 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Reuben Rich, Captain in Privateer service 
from Massachusetts (Province of Maine); 18 12-14. His vessel 
was engaged with a British frigate and burned in the Bucksport 
Narrows, near Bucksport, Maine; 18 14. 



152 

Klkcted. State No. 

1897. Robinson, Edward Augustus, 57 

33 Warwick Street, Lowell, Mass. 
Grandson of I,evi Tuck, Private in Captain Davis' Company, 
Massachusetts Militia ; 181 2-14. 

1894. SouLE, Frederic William, 28 

554 Broadwa}-, South Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of Henry Mason, Ensign in Ninth Company, 
(Captain Oliver Warren, Commanding), First Regiment Infantry, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Fisk, Commanding), "Western 
Brigade," Detached New Hampshire Militia, (Brigadier General 
John Montgomery, Commanding). Stationed at Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, for defence of the sea-board ; 18 14. 

1898. Thornton, James Brown, M. D., 62 

347 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of James Brown Thornton. Appointed Midshipman, 
United States Navy, December 12, 1S12. Was captured by the 
enemy and confined in prison at Halifax, N. S, After liberation 
resigned from service. May 23, 1815. 

1895. Weeks, John Wingate, 35 

Exchange Building, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandnephew of John Wingate Weeks, Captain Eleventh Regi- 
ment, United States Infantry, (Colonel Isaac Clark, Command- 
ing); 18 1 2-14. Breveted Major for gallantry at battle of 
Chippewa, Canada, 1814, under command of Colonel Campbell, 
in Brigadier General Winfield Scott's Brigade. Commended for 
gallantry at battle of Lundy's Lane, Canada, 1S14, under com- 
mand of Major John McNeil, Jr., in Brigadier General Winfield 
Scott's Brigade. Promoted Major, same Regiment ; 1S15. 



153 

Elected. • State No. 

[894. WiLLEV, W1I.LIAM LlTHCxOW, S. D., I 

17 West Cedar Street, Boston, Mass. 
Grandson of John Willey, Captain Fifth Company, Third 
Regiment Infantry, (Xieutenant Colonel Edward Sise, Com- 
manding), "Western Brigade," Detached New Hampshire 
Militia, (Brigadier General John Montgomery, Commanding). 
Stationed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for defence of the 
sea-board ; 1814. 

:896. W11.SON, Frank Stedman, 44 

Brighton, Mass. 

Grandson of Andrew Wilson, Private in Captain Shattuck's 
Company of Colonel Page's Regiment. Stationed at Fort War- 
ren, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts ; 1814. 



Total Descendant Membership 58 

Resigned, 2 

Deceased, i 

Membership, October i, 1899 55 



SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 



IN THE 



STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 
Organized April 5, 1894. Incorporated April 6. 1894. 



1899. 



President, 
Hon. MORGAN GARDNER BULKELEY. 

Vice-Presiden ts, 

HENRY WALTON WESSELLS, 

WILLIAM WHEELWRIGHT SKIDDY, 

JESUP WAKEMAN, 

AUGUSTUS FLOYD DELAFIELD, 

JOHN EDWARD HEATON. 

Secretary and Treasurer, 

JAMES BARTON BOWEN, 
(Address: Putnam, Connecticut.) 

Eeffisfrar, 
WILLIAM TAYLOR ANDREWS. 

Historian, 

ORIGEN STORRS SEYMOUR. 

Chapltdn, 

Rev. ALEXANDER HAMILTON. 

Executive Committee, 
Chief Engineer LOUIS J. ALLEN, U. S. N., ORIGEN STORRS SEYMOUR, 
CHARLES PIERSON COE, JOHN HENRY SWARTWOUT, 

LOUIS MARDENBROUGH FRENCH, JOHN CLOCK TURNER, 

GEORGE JAMES HOLMES, M. D., WILLIAM W. VAN DUERSEN, 

ELI WHITNEY. 

Delegatcn to the General Socicti/, 
The President (ex-ofFicio), and the following additional members : 
HENRY WALTON WESSELLS, AUGUSTUS FLOYD DELAFIELD, 

CYRUS SHERWOOD BRADLEY, JOHN MARSHALL HOLCOMBE, 

HENRY JOSEPH WARREN. 

(lo7) 



Descendant Members 



OF THE 



CONNECTICUT SOCIETY. 



Elected. St^tk No. 

1891. A1.1.EN, I.OUIS J., Chief Engineer United States Navy, i 

Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Jacob Strembeck, Private in "Junior Artillerists," 
(Captain Jacob H. Fisler, Commanding), and "Philadel- 
phia Blues," (Captain Henry Meyers, Commanding), First 
Detachment Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, (Colonel Lewis 
Rush, Commanding); 18 13. 

1894. Andrews, William Taylor, 18 

Noroton, Connecticut. 
Great-grandson of Ambe Richards, Private in Captain 
Schemerhorn's Company, Second Regiment, (^Lieutenant Colonel 
Commandant Jonas Mapes, Commanding), New York State 
Militia; 1812. 

1894. BowEN, James Barton, 21 

Putnam, Connecticut. 
Grandson of Rensselaer Cooms. Served in United States Navy on 
U. S. frigate "Constitution," under command of Captain Isaac 
Hull, United States Navy ; 1812. Wounded in action. Also, 
Musician in Captain John Chandless' Company, Connecticut 
Militia ; 18 13. 

(159) 



160 

Elkctkd. State No. 

1894. Bradley, Cyrus Sherwood, 13 

vSouthport, Counecticut. ||| 
Great-grandsou of Lyman Hull, Private in Second Company, 
(Captain Jeremiah Sturgis, Commanding), Battalion of Con- 
necticut Volunteer Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel Eli Fowler, 
Commanding), First Brigade, Connecticut Volunteers ; 1S14. 

1894. BuLKELEY, Hon. Morgan Gardner, 19 

Hartford, Connecticut. 
Grandson of Avery Morgan, Lieutenant in Captain Newhall 
Taintor's (New London) Company, Connecticut Militia; 1814. 

1891. CoE, Charles Pierson, 4 

560 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut. 
Grandson of Darius Coe, Private in Captain Amos Fowler's 
Company, Colonel Benjamin Baldwin's Regiment, Connecticut 
Militia; 1813-14. 



1894. Delafield, Augustus Floyd, 12 

Noroton, Connecticut. 
Son of Edward Delafield, Surgeon of "Sea Fencibles," New 
York State Militia ; 18 14. 

1894. French, Louis Mardenbrough, ii 

Noroton Heights, Connecticut. 
Grandson of Samuel Beach, Jr., Private in Captain John Butler's 
Company, Colonel Elihu Sanford's Regiment, Connecticut 
Militia ; 1R14. 

1 89 1. *French, Wiluam Freeman, 6 

Noroton, Connecticut. 
Grandson of Samuel Beach, Jr., Private in Captain John Butler's 
Company, Colonel Elihu Sanford's Regiment, Connecticut 
Militia ; 1814. 

*Died 1K9><. 



i 



t 



IGl 

Elected. .State No, 

1894. Grannis, George Washington. 22 

638 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Cal. 
Son of Alva Grannis, one of the crew of the United States 
Privateer brig "General Armstrong, "and participated in fight with 
enemy in harbor of Fayal, Azores Islands, September 27, 18 14. 

1894. Hamilton, Rev. Alexander, 14. 

65 Newtown Avenue, Norwalk, Conn. 
Grandson of John Church Hamilton, I^ieutenant First Regiment 
Infantry, United States Army. Also, Aid-de-camp to Major 
General William Henry Harrison, United States Army, Com- 
manding Army of the Northwest ; 18 12-14. 

1894, Heaton, John Edward, 10 

245 York Street, New Haven, Conn. 
Grandson of Levi Jennison, Sergeant in Captain Return B. 
Brown's Company, Fourth Regiment, United States Infantry, 
(Colonel John P. Boyd and Lieutenant Colonel James Miller, 
Commanding) ; 1808-13. On staff of General William Henry 
Harrison, United States Army, and wounded at battle of 
Tippecanoe (1811) ; captured by British on the Miami River, 
(18 12), and paroled at Quebec, (18 13). 

1896. HoixoMBE, John Marshall, 26 

Hartford, Conn. 
Grandson of Nathan Johnson. Captain in Lieutenant Colonel E.. 
Brainard's Regiment, Connecticut Militia; 1S12-14. 

1898. Holmes, George James, M. D., 27 

New Britain, Conu. 
Grandson of Bartlett Holmes, Sergeant in Captain Joseph 
Lester's (New London and Groton) Company, Connecticut 
Militia ; 1813-14. 



1G2 

Elected. State No. 

1896. Peck, John Ama, 20 

124 Water Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of John A. Peck, Private in Captain Abijah B. Curtis' 
Company, Colonel Elihu Sanford's Regiment, Connecticut 
Militia; 18 12-14. 

1894. *Re;id, Samuel Chester, (Honorary Membership). 25 

Bangor, Maine. 
Son of Samuel Chester Reid, Captain United States Privateer brig 
"General Armstrong." Commanding in fight with enemy in 
harbor of Fayal, Azores Islands, September 27, 18 14. 

♦Died August 30, 1897. 

1892. Sanford, George Bliss, Colonel U. S. Army, 7 

Litchfield, Conn. 
Great-grands Dn of Elihu Sanford, Jr., Colonel Regiment, 

Connecticut Militia ; 18 13-14. 

Grandson of Hervey Sanford, Adjutant of same Regiment, 

Connecticut Militia ; 1814. 

1894. Seymour, Origen Storrs, 24 

71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Great-great-grandson of Elihu Sanford, Jr., Colonel Regi- 
ment, Connecticut Militia; 1813-14. 

Great-grandson of Hervey Sanford, Adjutant of same Regiment, 
Connecticut Militia ; 18 14. 

1895. Skiddy, William Wheelwright, 16 

Stamford, Conn. 
Son of William Skiddy, Sailor in United States Navy ; 1812-15. 
Captured by British and confined at Dartmoor, England, till close 
of war. 



1G3 

Elected. Statk No. 

1891. SWARTWOUT, EgERTON, 2 

Stamford, Conn. 
Great-grandson of Robert Swartwout, Brigadier General United 
States Array. Quartermaster General; 1813-15. 

1894. Swartwout, John Henry, 15 

Stamford, Conn. 
Grandson of Robert Swartwout, Brigadier General United States 
Army, Quartermaster General ; 1813-15. 

1894. Turner, John Clock, 17 

Noroton, Conn. 
Grandson of Charles Turner, Private in Captain George Ash- 
bridge's Company, Regiment, New York State Militia; 18 14. 

1 89 1. Van Duersen, William W., 5 

Middletown, Conn. 
Son of William Van Duersen, Jr., Captain Third Regiment. 
United States Artillery, (Colonel Alexander Macomb, Com- 
manding); 18 1 2-1 5. 

1893. Wakeman, Jesup, 9 

120 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Lyman Hull, Private Second Company, Volun- 
teer Artillerj', (Captain Jeremiah Sturges, Commanding), First 
Brigade of Connecticut Volunteers, (Lieutenant Colonel Eli 
Fowler, Commanding); 18 14. 

1894. Warren, Henry Joseph, 23 

Stamford, Conn. 
Great-grandson of George Bromley Raymond, Master's Mate 
United States Navy; 1813. Served on U. S. frigate "United 
States," under command of Captain Stephen Decatur, United 
States Navy. 



164 

Elkctbd. S^a" No. 

1893. Wessells, Henry Walton, 8 

Litchfield, Conn. 

Representative of Chillion Palmer, Private in Captain Luther 

Hadley's Company, Connecticut Militia ; 18 13. 

1898. Whitney, Eli, 28 

New Haven Conn. 
Grandson of James Dalliba, Second Lieutenant Artillery Corps, 
United States Army, 1811-13 ; First Lieutenant of same, 
1813-15 ; Captain and Deputy Commissary of Ordnance, United 
States Army, 1813-15 ; Major and Assistant • Commissary 
General of Ordnance, United States Army, 181 5. Surrendered 
prisoner of war at Detroit, Michigan, in command of Brigadier 
General William Hull, United States Army, 18 12, and released 
1813. On ordnance duty 1813-15. Participated in battles of 
Fort Erie, Brownstown and Lyon's Creek, Canada ; 18 14. 



Total Descendant Membership, . 
Honorary Membership (by Descent), 
Resigned, ...... 

Deceased 

Membership, October i, 1899, 



28 

I 
I 

2 

25 



SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 



IN THE 



STATE OF OHIO. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE STATE OF OHIO. 
Organized January 8, 1895. Admitted to General Society, June 19. 1895. 



1899. 



President, 
ORLANDO W. ALDRICH, PH. D., LL. D., D. C. L. 

Vice- Presidents, 

Brigadier General GEORGE BOHAN WRIGHT, 

HERBERT FULWILER ROBINSON, 

ROBERT MASON DAVIDSON. 

Secretary, 

WORDvSWORTH GARD, 

(Address : Ohio National Bank, Columbus, Ohio.) 

Tj'casurer, 
DANIEL HOSMER GARD. 

Registrar, 
WALTER NICHOLS PAINE DARROW. 

Historian, 
THOMAS HERBERT NORTON, PH. D., SC. D. 

Chaplain, 
The Most Rev. WILLIAM HENRY ELDER, D. D. 

Executive Committee, 

The President, Secretary and Registrar, and the following additional members^ 

HARRY PARKER WARD, A. M., WILLIAM WALLACE NELvSON. 

Delegates to the General Society, 

The President and Secretary (ex-o£Bcio), and 

The Most Rev. WILLIAM HENRY ICLDER, D. D., 

Brigadier General GEORGE BOHAN WRIGHT, 

THOMAS PIERBERT NORTON, PH. D., vSC. D., 

DANIEL HOSMER GARD. 

(167) 



/ 



Descendant Members 



OI" THE 



OHIO SOCIETY. 



Slkctkd. State No. 

1895. Aldrich, Orlaxdo \Y., Ph. D., LL. D., D. C. L., 16 

Columbus, Ohio. 
Grandson of Stephen York, Private in Captain Spencer's Com- 
pau}-, First Battalion, Third Regiment, New York State Militia. 
Served at the battle of Fort Erie, Canada ; 18 14. 

1892. Anderson, Thomas McArthur, Brigadier General 25 

U. S. Army, Chicago, Ills. 

Grandson of Duncan McArthur, Colonel First Regiment, Ohio 
Volunteer Militia, 1812 ; appointed Colonel Twenty-sixth Regi- 
ment, United States Infantry, and promoted Brigadier General 
United States Army. Also, Major General Ohio Militia; 1813. 
In command of the Department of the Northwest ; 1S14. 

1897. Ball, Flamen, Jr., 38 

Wyandot Building, Columbus, Ohio. 

Grandson of Oran Follett, "Boy" on United States Ship 

"Jones," on Lake Ontario ; 18 12-14. 

(160) 



170 

Elected. State Xo. 

1896. BiKKHAEUSER, ThEODORE KELSO, 3C 

514 Goldsmith Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Great-grandson of Samuel Armstrong, Captain Fifteenth Regi- 
ment, (Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Thomas B. Benedict, 
Commanding), New York State Militia ; 18 12. Also, Private 
in Captain Jehiel Dimmick's (Ogdensburg) Company, New York 
State Militia ; 18 13. In service of the United States, June 30, 
to July 13, and September 1 1, to October 2, 18 12; and January i, 
to April 25, 1813. 

1895. Brinkerhoff, Roeliff, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier 2 

General U. S. Volunteers, Mansfield, Ohio. 

Son of George R. Brinkerhoff, Quartermaster of Lieutenant 

Colonel Commandant George Hemmiiig's Regiment, New York 

State Militia ; 181 2-14. 

1895. Burt, Andrew Sheridan, Colonel U. S. Army, 27 

Fort Missoula, Montana. 
Great-grandson of John S Gano, Major General Ohio Militia. 
In service of United States and commanding Ohio frontier during 
the war. 

1897. CowEN, Benjamin Rush, 35 

U. S. Courts, Cincinnati, Ohio, 
Sou of Benjamin Sprague Cowen, Corporal in Captain Roger 
Halliday's Company, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, 
(Lieutenant Colonel John Stevrart, Commanding), New York 
State Militia. Participated in battle of Pittsburgh, N. Y., 
September 11, 18 14. 

1895. Darrow, Walter Nichols Paine, 5 

561 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio. 
Grandson of Leavitt Darrow, Captain in Connecticut Militia in 
the war. Served in the defence of New Lon(;on, Connecticut ; 
1813-14. 



171 

Elected. State No. 

1895. Davidson, Robert Mason. 8 

60 South Fifth Street. Newark, Ohio. 
Grandson of Robert Davidson, First Lieutenant of Captain John 
Spencer's Company, First Battalion, Third Regiment, Ohio 
Volunteers, (Colonel Lewis Cass, Commanding). Also, Lieutenant 
Colonel Second Regiment, Second Brigade, Third Division, Ohio 
Militia, 1813 ; commissioned Colonel same year. 

1896. Dickey, John Lincoln, 29 

969 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. 
Grandson of Martin Peterson, Sergeant in Captain Kilgore's 
Company, Colonel John McDonald's Regiment, Ohio Militia ; 
1813. In service of the United States, July 28, to September 5, 
1813. 

1897. Elder, The Most Rev. William Henry, D. D., 32 

Archbishop of Cincinnati, 

325 West Eighth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Son of Basil Spalding Elder, Private " First Baltimore Volun- 
teer Artillery," (Captain Abraham Pike, Commanding) ; First 
Regiment Artillery, (Lieutenant Colonel David Harris, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 1814. Participated in battle of 
North Point, Md., September 12, 1814. 

1896. Erwin, James J., M. D., 3^ 

1017 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of William Morrow, First Lieutenant Twenty- 
second Regiment, United States Infantry, (Colonel Hugh 
Brady, Commanding); 1812-14. Captain same Regiment ; 1815. 
Served in Canada campaign under Major General Winfield Scott, 
United States Army. 



172 

Elected. State No. 

1895. Flint, Wyman Kneeland, 22 

1 10 West Water Street, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Great-great-grandson of William Gregg, Captain Second Regi- 
ment, Detached Militia of New Hampshire ; 1814. 

1897. Fogg, Arthur Lloyd, 33 

27 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Grandson of Nathan Fogg, Sergeant in Captain Ware Dearborn's 
Company, Third Regiment of Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Edward Sise, Commanding), "Western Brigade," Detached 
New Hampshire Militia, (Brig'adier General John Montgomery, 
Commanding). Stationed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for 
defence of the sea-board ; 18 14. 

1895. FoLLETT, Edgar Austin, 28 

150 Duane Street, New York, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Martin Dewey Follett, Captain of Company in 
Vermont Militia. In service of the United States, three months 
from September 25, 18 13. 

Great-grandson of Spencer Wright, First Lieutenant in Captain 
Augustus Munson's Company of (Granville), Ohio Volunteers. 
Was surrendered by Brigadier General William Hull, United 
States Army, to British, at Detroit, Michigan ; 18 12. 

1895. Franklin, Robert ScoTT, 11 

Chillicothe, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of James Strode Swearingen, Quartermaster 
General of Eighth MiHtary District, (Ohio), with rank of 
Colonel ; 18 14. 

1898. Gaither, Alfred, M. D., 39 

"The Groton," Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Grandson of Henry Gaither, Sergeant in Captain Wilson's Com- 
pany, New Jersey Militia; 1812-14. 



173 

Elected. State No. 

1895. Gard, Daniel Hosmer, 3 

1668 Han'ard Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. 
Grandson of Phineas Dunsmoor, Captain of Cavalry, New 
Hampshire Militia. Served in defence of the City of Ports- 
mouth, New Hampshire ; 1S14. 

1898. Gard, Wordsworth, 40 

Ohio National Bank, Columbus, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of Phineas Dunsmoor, Captain of Cavalr}-, New 
Hampshire Militia. Served in defence of the City of Ports- 
mouth, New Hampshire ; 1814. 

1895. Gaumer, Daniel H., 20 

Zanesville, Ohio. 
Grandson of Daniel Gaumer, Private in Captain William McCon- 
nell's Company, First Regiment, Ohio Militia, August 29, to 
September 9, 1812 ; and in same, April 5, to July 16, 1S13. 
Grandson of John Barrett, Private in Captain Thomas Shannon's 
Company of Colonel H. Zumault's Regiment, Ohio Militia, from 
September 3, 1S13, to Januar)^ 13, 1814. 

1895. GiLMORE, Tiffin, 14 

ChilHcothe, Ohio. 
Grandson of William Young Gilmore, Private in Ohio Volunteers. 
On duty at Erie, Pennsylvania, during construction of Commo- 
dore Perry's fleet ; 1S13. 

1897. Greve, Charlp:s Theodore, 34 

243 Albion Place, Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of John Emery, (Emrie, or Emry ), Private in 
Captain James Patterson's Company, Colonel William Key's 
Regiment, Ohio Militia; 1813. 



174 

Elected. State No. 

1895. Johnston, Charles Calvin, 10 

102 Ohio Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of William Johnston, Captain in Ohio Militia 
during the war. 

1895. Johnston, L,ee Ralston, 9 

102 Ohio Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of William Johnston, Captain in Ohio Militia 
during the war. 

1895. Munson, Marvin Morgan, 12 

Granville, Ohio. 
Son of Augustine Munson, Private in Captain Rose's Company 
and Leader of Band of Colonel Lewis Cass' (Third) Regiment, 
Ohio Volunteers ; 1812-14. 

1895. Nelson, William Wallace, 17 

1097 Hunter Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. 
Son of Benjamin Nelson, Private in (Harrison Count}-) Ohio 
Volunteers ; 18 13. Served until the close of the war. 

1895. Norton, Thomas Herbert, Ph. D., Sc. D., 18 

Clifton, Cincinnati. Ohio. 
Grandson of Jerediah Horsford. Served in the garrison defend- 
ing Burlington, Vermont, 18 12-13. Commissioned Lieutenant 
Colonel Commandant Livingston Count}' Regiment of New York 
State Militia ; 18 14. 

1895. Reid, Henry Nelson, 21 

Room 2, Wesley Block, Columbus, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of Thomas Goldsherry, Private in Captain Clem- 
ent Brown's Company, Third Brigade, Second Division, Ohio 
Militia. Served from July 28, to August 15, 1813. 



175 

Elected. " State No. 

J898. Robinson, Herbert Fui^wiler, 37 

Phoenix, Arizona. 
Great-grandnephew of Alexander Malian, Private in Captain 
Joseph Holbert's Company, Second Regiment, (Colonel Lewis 
Bache, Commanding), Pennsylvania Volunteers, attached to 
First Brigade, (Brigadier General Samuel Smith, Commanding); 
Second Division, (Major General Henry Scheetz, Commanding); 
Pennsylvania Militia. In service of the United States, ten 
months and fifteen days; 18 14. 

1897. RuNYAN, Forrest Mitchelt,, 36 

Springfield, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of Joseph Runyan, Corporal in Captain John R. 
Lemen's Company, Ohio Militia; 1812. In service of the United 
States, November 12, to December 12, 18 12. 

1895. SpangIvER, T11.ESTON Fracker, 4 

Zanesville, Ohio. 
Grandson of Jacob Spangler, Private in Captain John M. Rhorer's 
Company, Thirty-second Regiment, Maryland Militia, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Thomas Hood, Commanding); 18 14. 

1895. SWEARINGEN, TPIOMAS ToWNSLEY, 23 

2 2 East Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio. 
Grandson of James Strode Swearingen, Quartermaster General 
of Eighth Military District, (Ohio), with rank of Colonel ; 1814. 

1895, TowNSEND, Thomas Gerry, Captain U. S. Army, 26 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Daniel S. Townsend, First Lieutenant Ninth Regi- 
ment, United States Infantry, 1812 ; Captain same Regiment, 
1813. Severely wounded at battle of Chrysler's Farm, Canada, 
1813. 



176 

ELECTEn. State No. 

1895. TuKNKY, Omkr Asa, 19 

Phoenix, Ariz. 
Great-grandson of Johnadab Winche.ster, of Ohio, a soldier and 
pensioner of the war. 

1895. Ward, Harry Parker, A. M., 6 

15 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of Martin Dewey FoUett, Captain of Company 
in Vermont Militia. In service of the United States, three 
months from September 25, 18 13. 

1895. Ward, Hubert Herrick, 7 

863 Fairmount Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of Martin Dewey Follett, Captain of Company 
in Vermont Militia. In service of the United States, three 
months from September 25, 1813. 

1895. WoLTz, James Mitchell, 13 

229 East Main Street, Chillicothe, Ohio. 
Great-grandson of Robert Hoddy, Adjutant, Colonel William 
Clark's Regiment, Ohio Militia; 1812-13. Also, First Sergeant 
of Captain Conrad Fleisher's Company, Third Regiment, Ohio 
Militia ; 1S14. 

1895. Wright, George Bohax, Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers, i 

43 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. 
Son of Spencer Wright, First Lieutenant in Captain Augustus 
Munson's Company of (Granville), Ohio Volunteers. Was sur- 
rendered by General Hull, United vStates Army, to British, at 
Detroit, Michigan ; 1812. 



177 

Elected. State No. 

1895. Wright, Geokge; Mitcheli<, 24 

Akron, Ohio. 
Graudson of Alpha Wright, Sergeant in Captain Rial McArthur's 
Company of Riflemen, attached to the odd Battalion of the Fourth 
Brigade, Fourth Division, of Ohio Militia in the service of the 
United States ; 1812-13. 



Total Descendant Membership, .... 39 

Deceased, 



Membership, October i, 1899, .... 39 



SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 



IN THE 



STATE OF ILLINOIS. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. 
Organized vSeptember rg, 1S95. Incorporated September 3; 1895. 



1899. 



President, 
Hon. CHARLEvS PAGE BRYAN. 

Vice- Preside)! ts, 

WILIvIAM PORTER ADAMS, 

HENRY CABLE, 

MILTON TOOTLE, Jr. 

Secrefari/, 

THERON ROYAL WOODWARD, 

(Address : 302 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111.) 

Treasurer, 
CHARLES CROMWELL. 

Per/isfrar, 
EDWARD NEVERS. 

Hisforian, 
ARCHER WALL DOUGLASS. 

Executive Committee. 

The Officers (ex-officio), and the following additional members, 

WESTERN RADFORD BASCOME, BERNARD VAN HORNE SCHULTZ, 

JAMES EDWARD SLOCUM, SCOTT JORDAN, 

EUGENE H. LAHEE. 

Delegates to the General Society, 

THHRON ROYAL WOODWARD, WILLIAM PORTER ADAMS, 

CHARLES CROMWELL, Lieut. JAMES OSCAR GREENE, U. S. A. 

Lieutenant Colonel CAMILLO C. C. CARR, U. S. A. 

181 



Descendant Members 



OF THE 



ILLINOIS SOCIETY. 



Klbctkd. Stat* No, 

1895. Adams, William Porter, 1 

278 East Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 
Grandson of Eliphalet Davis, Private in "Volunteers," engaged 
in throwing up breastworks on Dorchester Heights for the 
defence of Boston, Massachusetts ; 18 14. 

1897. Bascome, Western Radford, 28 

84 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Grandson of Stephen Watts Kearney, First Lieutenant Thirteenth 
Regiment, United States Infantry, (Colonel Peter P. Schuyler, 
Commanding), 1812. Captain same Regiment, 1813. Taken 
prisoner at battle of Queenston Heights ; afterwards exchanged 
and served as Captain through the war. 

1895. Brown, Willis, 11 

Upper Alton, 111. 
Grandson of Eleazer Prindle, Private in Captain Waugh's Com- 
pany, Connecticut Militia ; 1813-14. 

1891. Bryan, Hon. Charles Page, U. S. Minister to Brazil, 3 

University Club, Chicago, 111. 
Great-grandson of William Bryan, Lieutenant in Captain Joseph 
Mallory's Company, Colonel Armistead's Regiment, Virginia 
Militia; 1813. 

(183) 



184 

Elected. State No. 

1894. Cable, Henry, 8 

Bethany, Mo. 
Representative of John Cadle, Surgeon's Mate, United States 
Navy ; 1813-15. 



1 89 1. Carr, Camileo C. C, Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army, 10 

Fort Meade, S. Dak. 
Great-grandson of John Koontz, Colonel Thirty-first Regiment 
of Infantry, Brigadier General Robert Taylor's Brigade, Virginia 
Militia; 18 13-14. 



1894. Cromwell, Charles, 2 

200 Adams Street, Chicago, 111. 
Grandson of Nathan Cromwell, Adjutant of Colonel John Regan's 
Regiment ; also, Adjutant First Regiment, (I^ieutenant Colonel 
Stiner, Commanding), Eleventh Brigade, (Brigadier General 
Stansbury, Commanding), Maryland Militia ; 18 14. 



1897. Douglass, Archer Wall, 27 

St. Louis, Missouri. 
Grandson of Thomas Brown, Volunteer Private in Captain John 
Stewart's Troop of Cavalry, Virginia Militia, and afterwards 
Aid-de-Camp to Brigadier General John P. Hungerford : 18 14. 



1S94. Farrington, Charles Lincoln, 7 

East Peoria, Tazewell Co., 111. 
Grandson of Elijah Farrington, Private in Captain S. L. Van 
Voorhees' Company, Sixty-first Regiment, New York State 
Militia ; 1814. 



185 

Elected. State No. 

1894. Green, James Oscar, I,ieutenant U. S. Army, 12 

Appleton, Wis. 
Great-grandsou of James Burnham, Private in Captain J. 
Wheatley's Company, Second Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel 
E. Fifield, Commanding), Vermont Militia ; 18 12. Also, Private 
in Captain S. Wright's Company, same Regiment ; 18 12-13. 

1899. Hawkins, Elijah, 32 

Hannibal, Missouri. 
Grandson of Elijah Hawkins, Private and Sergeant in Captain 
Sebrus' Company, First Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Militia. 
Participated in battle of River Raisin, Michigan, 1813 ; was 
taken prisoner and tortured by the Indians. 



1895. Jarves, Deming, 19 

5 Front Street, Detroit, Mich. 
Son of Deming Jarves, Private in Captain George Sullivan's 
(Boston) Company of Artillery, ( " Nev>^ England Guards"), 
Massachusetts Militia; 18 14. Under command of Captain William 
Bainbridge, United States Navy, at Charlestown Navy Yard. 

1894. Jordan, Scott, 5 

499 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 111. 
Great-grandson of John Jordan, Private in Captain Samuel 
Caldwell's Company, Colonel George Adams' Regiment, Ohio 
Militia ; 1812. 

1895. Lahee, Eugene H., 20 

Alton, 111. 

Grandson of Johnson Kendall, Private in Captain Reuben Gray's 
Company, New York State Militia ; 18 12. 



186 

Elected. State No. 

1896. lyOcKART, Jacob Trumbull, 22 

Spokane, Washington. 
Son of Thomas Lockart, Private in Captain Joel Haskin's Com- 
pany, Ohio Volunteer Militia. Enlisted January 31, 1815, and 
served seventy days. 

1899. McCoRD, James Hamilton, 3^ 

St. lyouis, Missouri. 
Great-grandson of John Field, Captain Eighth Regiment, Fourth 
Brigade, (Brigadier General John H. Cocke, Commanding), 
Virginia Mihtia ; 1812-14. 

1895. McCoRMiCK, Hon. Robert Eaird, 9 

Hay ward, Wis. 

Great-grandson of Hugh White, Colonel of Lycoming County 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia; 1812. 

1896. Nbvers, Edward, 25 

682 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, 111. 
Great-grandson of Thomas Liswell, Private Twenty-fifth Regi- 
ment, United States Infantry. Engaged in battle of Luudy's 
Eaue, Canada ; 1814. 

1899. RiGGS, Manfred Moses, 33 

Chicago, 111. 

Son of Moses Riggs, Corporal in Captain Jeremiah Fisher's 

Company, Fir.st Regiment, Massachusetts Militia; 1814. 

1895. ScHULTz, Bernard Van Horne, 26 

48 Van Buren Street, Chicago, 111. 
Great-grandson of Isaac Van Horne, Adjutant General of Ohio 
during the war. 

Great-grandson of Meredith Darlington, Captain in Colonel 
Boyd's Regiment, Virginia Militia ; 1814. 



187 

Elected. State No. 

1896. Slocum, James Edward, 23 

210 State Street, Chicago, 111. 
Great-grandson of Johnson Kendall, Private in Reuben Gray's 
Company, New York State Militia ; vSeptember 8, to November 
2, 1812. 

1896. Tootle, Milton, Jr., 24 

St. Joseph, Missouri. 
Great-grandson of Lewis Subte, Private in Kentucky Volun- 
teers ; 1812-14. Served thirteen months. 

1895. Woodward, Theron Royal, 16 

Chicago, 111. 
Great-grandson of John Perkins, Jr., Private in Captain Phineas 
Williams' Company, Eleventh Regiment, United States Infantry ; 
1812-14. 



Total Descendant Membership, . . 32 
Resigned, 9 

Membership, October 1, 1899. . . 23 



SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 



IN THE 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
Organized April i8, 1896. Admitted to General Society, June 19, 1896. 



1899. 



Fresidenf, 
MARCUS BENJAMIN, Ph. D. 

Vice-Presidents, 

Rear Admiral FRANCIS ASBURY ROE, U. S. N., 

Commander THEODORUS BAILEY MYERS MASON, U. S. N. 

Secretary, 

HENRY RANDALL WEBB. 
(Address : 727 Nineteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.) 

Treasurer, 
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS. 

Begistrar, 
HENRY WESTON VAN DYKE. 

Executive Committee, 

The President and Secretary (ex-officio), and 
Brigadier General ADOLPHUS W. GREELY, U. S. A., 
ALONZO HOWARD CLARK. 

Delegates to the General Society, 

MARCUS.^BENJAMIN, HENRY RANDALL WEBB, 

JOHN WILLIAM HENRY, HENRY DEARBORN SAXTON, 

FRANK BIRGE SMITH. 

(101) 



Descendant Members 

OF THE 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY. 



KLK.crKD. State No. 

1S96. Alden, Charles Henry, Colonel and Assi.stant Surgeon 6 

General U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Son of Charles Henry Alden, Musician in Captain Judson 
Cheristree's Company, Twelfth Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Commandant John T. Van Dolfsen, Commanding), New York 
State Militia ; 18 14. 

i8y8. Beale, Charles Frederick Tiffany, 26 

Metropolitan Club, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Chester Beale, Captain in Lieutenant Colonel Com- 
mandant Daniel Warner's Regiment, New York State Militia ; 
1814. 

1896. Benjamin, Marcus, Ph. D., 10 

U. S. National Museum, Wa.shington, D. C, 
Great-grandson of Ezra Hough, Sergeant in Captain McMahan's 
Company, New York State Militia ; 18 14. 

1896. Clark, Alonzo Howard, 7 

U. S. Smithsonian In.stitutiou, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Lieutenant John Carnes, of the Privateers ' ' York ' * 
and "Leo," of Baltimore, Md,; 1812-14. 

(193) 



194 

Elbcted. State No. 

1897. Davenport, Richard Graham, Lieutenant Commander 20 

U. vS. Navy, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. « 
Grandson of Isaiah Davenport, Private in Captain James Hunter's 
Company, First Regiment, Georgia Militia ; 18 15. 
Grandson of George Graham, Captain of Fairfax County Com- 
pany of Cavalry, Second Regiment, Virginia Militia, 18 14. 
Great-grandson ot James Watson, Private in Captain Richard S. 
Briscoe's Company of Cavalry, First Regiment, (Colonel George 
Magruder, Commanding), District of Columbia Militia ; 1813-14. 

1897. Gardner, George Clinton, 18 

235 New Jersey Avenue, S. E., Washington, D. C. 
Son of Charles Kitchel Gardner, Colonel United States Army ; 
1814. 

1896. GrEELY, Adolphus W., Brigadier General and Chief Signal i 

Officer U. S. Army, War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Son of Private John Balch Greely. Served in Detached Com- 
pany, (Captain John Chickering, Commanding), under com- 
mand of Lieutenant Colonel Paul Merrill, Massachusetts Militia: I 
1814. 

Grandson of Private Samuel Cobb. Served iti battle of Lundy's 
Lane, Canada ; 18 14. 

1898. Harrison, Thomas, 24 

U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C. 
Son of Gustavus Harrison, Captain and Assistant Deputy 
Quartermaster General United States Army ; iS 14-15. 



195 

Elected. State No. 

1896. Henry, James Malcolm, 9 

Lewis Johnson & Co., Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of John A. Kearney, Surgeon United States Navy ; 
1813-15. Served on U. S. frigate "Constitution" under Com- 
modore Charles Stewart, United States Navy. Received the 
thanks of Congress and a silver medal, "in testimony of the 
high sense entertained of his good conduct and services in the 
capture of the British vessels of war, ' Cyane ' and 'Levant,' 
after a brave and skillful combat." 

1896. Henry, John William, ii 

Lewis Johnson & Co., Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of John A. Kearney, Surgeon United States Navy ; 
1813-15. Served on U. S. frigate "Constitution" under Com. 
modore Charles Stewart, United States Navy. Received the 
thanks of Congress and a silver medal, " in testimonj^ of the 
high sense entertained of his good conduct and .services in the 
capture of the British vessels of war, 'Cyane' and 'Levant,' 
after a brave and skillful coml)at." 

1896. HoRTON, William Edward, 14 

639 A. Street, N. E., Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of William Clarke, Private in Captain Josiah 
Perry's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John Prior's 
Regiment, New York State Militia ; 1814. 

1896. *JoHNSON, James Bowen, 4 

2460 Sixth Street, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Jeremiah Johnson, Private in Captain Marston's 
Company, Twenty-first Regiment, United States Infantry ; 
1813-14. 

♦Died November , 1898. 



196 

Elkctkd. ■ State. No. 

1898. Johnson, Joseph Taber, M. D., 27 

1428 K Street, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Jeremiah Johnson, Private in Captain Marston's 
Company, Twenty-first Regiment, United States Infantry ; 
1813-14. 

1897. Keim, De Benneville Randolph, 22 

Reading, Pennsylvania. 
Grandson of Thomas Beverley Randolph, Second Lieutenant 
United States Army, and Aid-de-Camp to Major General Morgan 
Lewis and Brigadier General Covington; 1S12. First Lieu- 
tenant United States Artillery Corps ; 1813. Captain Twentieth 
Regiment, United States Infantry, (Colonel Thomas M. Ran- 
dolph, Commanding); 18 13-15. Volunteered and led advance 
which stormed and carried heights at Oueenston, Canada ; 1S12. 

1899. KiKKMAN, George Wycherly, Captain U. S. Army, and 28 

Major U. S. Volunteers, War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of William Walker, Captain Thirty-ninth Regi- 
ment, United States Infantry ; iS 13-15. 

1896. *Maloney, James Aloysius, M. D., 5 

1424 Q Street, N. W., Washington, D. C, 
Grandson of Anthony Grady, Private Second Company, (Cap- 
tain William Chalmers, Commanding), Fifty-first Regiment 
Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Amey, Conunanding), 
Maryland Militia ; 1814. 

•Died October 29, 1897. 

1897. -'-Mason, Theodorus Bailky Myers, Commander U. S. Navy, 21 

1606 Twentieth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Mordecai Myers, Captain Thirteenth Regiment, 
United Stales Infantry, (Colonel Peter B. Schuyler, Command- 
ing), Brigadier General Smythe's Brigade. Wounded at battle 
of Williamsburg (or Chrysler's Farm), Canada ; 18 13. 

•Died Hepleiiibcr 1, 18'J9. 



197 

Ei.KCTED. State No. 

1898. Roe, Fayette Washington, Captain U. S. Army, 23 

War Department, Washington. D. C. 
Grandson of Isaac Roe, Sergeant in Captain J. Butterworth's 
Company, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Smith's Regiment, 
New York State Militia ; 1814. 

1S96. RoH, Francis Asbury, Rear Admiral U. S. Navy. 2 

1232 Seventeenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Son of I.saac Roe, Sergeant in Captain J. Butterworth's Com- 
pariy, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Smith's Regiment, New 
York State Militia ; 18 14. 

1897. Saxton, Henry Dearborn, 17 

615 Nineteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Ethan Allen Clary, First Lieutenant Fortieth Regi- 
ment, United States Infantr)' ; 18 14, 

1896. Smith, Frank Birge, 8 

1515 Corcoran Street, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Cyrus Birge, Private in Captain Birge's Company 
of Vermont Militia ; 1812-14. 

1897. TowNSEND, Thomas Gerry, Captain U. S. Army, 18 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of David Townsend, First Lieutenant Ninth Regi- 
ment, United States Infantry, 1812. Captain same Regiment, 
18 13. Severely wounded at battle of Chrysler's Farm, Canada; 
1813. 

1896. Van Dyke, Henry Weston, 16 

709 Fourteenth Street, N. W. , \^'a.shington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of Joseph Edson, Major in Vermont Militia ; 
1814. 



198 

Elected. State No. 

1896. Watkins, John Elfreth, 12 

1626 S Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of John Elfreth, Private in First Troop, Philadelphia 
City Cavalry, (Captain Charles Ross, Commanding), attached to i 
"Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, (Brigadier 
General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding); 18 14. 

1896. Watkins, John Elfreth, Jr., . 13 

1626 S Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of John Elfreth, Private in First Troop, Phila- 
delphia City Cavalry, (Captain Charles Ross, Commanding), 
attached to "Advance Light Brigade," Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
(Brigadier General Thomas Cadwalader, Commanding); 1814. 

1896. Webb, Henry Randall, 3 

727 Nineteenth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Henry Knapp Randall, Midshipman United States 
Navy; 1813-15. 

1898. Wheeler, Joseph, Major General CJ. S. Volunteers, 25 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of William Hull, Brigadier General United States 
Army. In command of Northwestern Army; 18 12. 

1896. *WiNLOCK, William Crawford, 15 

2005 O Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
Great-grandson of Joseph Winlock, Brigadier General United 
States Army; 1812-14. 

•Died, September 20, 18%. 



Total De:scendant Membership 28 

Resigned 2 

Deceased, 4 

Membership, October i, 1899 22 



SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 



IN THE 



STATE OF NEW YORK. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
Organized July 4, 1896. Admitted to General Society February 12, 1897 



1899. 

Fic-iidoif, 
HENRY KETCHUM AVERILL, jR. 

VicT-l'rcside)if><, 

Kox. GEORGE COMSTOCK BAKER, 

GEORGE HENRY BECKWITH, 

HIRAM WALWORTH, 

Hon. HENRY DUNCAN GRAVES. 

Secret a ry, 

NATHAN HENRY JONES. 

(Addre.ss : Plattsburgh, New York.) 

Treufiurer, 
ALBERT MARSHALL WARREN. 

Beyistrar, 
HENRY HARMON NOBLE. 

Historitni, 
Colonel GEORGE FREDERICK NICHOLS. 

Executive Committee, 

The Officers of the Society and the following additional members: 

HIRAM WALWORTH CADY, 

ORREL TOWN LARKIN, 

THOMAS BRAINARD NICHOLS, M. D. 

Delegates to the Ceneml Society, 
HENRY HARMON NOBLE, JAMES WILLIAM COX, 

CHARLES BOUCHER, ELIJAH WARRINER MURPHEY, 

WILLIAM NOBLE PECK. 

(201) 



Descendant Members 

OF THE 

NEW YORK SOCIETY. 



ELKtTKi). Statb No. 

1891. AvERii^L, Henry Ketchum, Jr., i 

Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Son of Henry Ketchum Averill, Private in Captain Ebenezer 
Mix's Company, Thirty-sixth Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Commandant Thomas Miller, Commanding), New York State 
Militia (in service of the United States), July 29, to August 5, 
1813, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, N. Y., and in Captain Martin 
James Aiken's Volunteer Company of Independent Riflemen, 
under the immediate command of Brigadier General Alexander 
Macomb, United States Army, September 3, to 12, 18 14. Hon- 
ored by Joint Resolution of Congress, approved May 20, 1826, 
"for gallantry and patriotic services during the siege of Platts- 
burgh," and presented with a rifle. 

Nephew of Zephaniah Pitt Piatt, Private in Captain Gilead 
Sperry's Troop, Third Squadron, Seventh Regiment, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Commandant Edmund Fitzgerald, Commanding), New 
York State Militia Cavalry; 1812-14. Wounded during the 
siege of Plattsburgh while carrying despatches. 

1896. Baker, Hon. George Comstock, 3 

Com-stock, Washington Co., N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Peter Comstock, Private in Captain Abraham 
Ostrander's Company, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John Stewart, Commanding), 
New York State Militia. In service of the United States, Sep- 
tember 10, to 25, 18 14, at siege of Plattsburgh. 

(203) 



204 

Elected. Statu No. 

1896. Baker, Lauranck Clark, Captain and Assistant Quarter- 19 

master, U. S. Volunteers, Conistock, Washington Co., N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Peter Conistock, Private in Captain Abraham 
Ostrander's Company, One Hundred and Twentj'-first Regiment, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John Stewart, Commanding), 
New York State Militia. In .service of the United States, Sep- 
tember 10, to 25, 18 14, at siege of Plattsburgh. 

1896. Beckvvith, George Henry, 2 

201 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Great-grand.son of Benjamin Mooers, Major General Third 
Divi.sion, New York State Militia, iSri ; assigned to the com- 
mand of the Second Division, New York State (Detached 
Militia), by General Orders, State of New York, June 18, 1812 ; 
and in active service, commanding a division of New York 
State Militia throughout the entire war. In United States 
service July 29, to Augu.st 5, 1813 ; Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, 
N. Y. , October 29, to November 7, 1813 ; and August 31, to 
September 15, 18 14, at siege of Plattsburgh. Received the 
thanks of Legislature, and presented with a sword by the State 
of New York, " for his conduct at the ])attle of Plattsburgh." 
Grandson of Benjamin Hazen Mooers, First Lieutenant, Twenty- 
third Regiment, United States Infantry, May 15. 1812. Resigned 
June 13, 18 13. Also, in United States service as Aid-de-Camp 
to Major General Benjamin Mooers, New York State Militia, 
July 29, to August 5, 18 13, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, N. Y.. 
October 29, to November 7, 18 13, and August 31, to September 
15, 1814, at siege of Plattsburgh. 

1S97. BorciiER, Charles, 26 

237 Central Park, West, New York, N. Y. 
Great-great-grandnephew of Henry Boucher, Private in Captain 
Andrew I. McConnico's Company, and in Captain George W. 
Camp's Company, (Junior Volunteers), Colonel William Sharp's 
Regiment, \'irginia Militia. In service of the United States, 
March 9, to April 20, 1S13. 



205 

Elected. State No. 

1896. Brown, Walter Scott, 16 

Beede's P. O., Essex Co., N. Y. 
Grandson of Levi Brown, Ensign in Captain Luraan Wadham's 
Company, Thirt5'-seventh (Noble's) Regiment, New York 
State Militia; 1811-14. In United States service August i, to 
9, 1 8 13, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, N. Y., and as Ensign 
Commandant same Company and Regiment, September 2, to 15, 
1 8 14, at siege of Plattsburgh. 

1897. Burroughs, James DeForris, 28 

Cliamplain, Clinton Co., N. Y, 
Great-grandson of Silas Goodrich, M. D. , Surgeon Thirty-sixth 
Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Thomas Miller, 
Commanding), New York State Militia; 1S12-14. In United 
States service July 29, to August 5, 1813, Murray's Raid, 
Plattsburgh, N. Y., and September, 1814, at siege of Plattsburgh. 

1896. Cady, Hiram Walworth, 10 

Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Grandson of Benjamin John Mooers, ]\I. D. ; Surgeon's Mate 
Thirty-sixth Regiment, (Miller's), New York State Militia ; 
18 12-14. In United States service on Canadian frontier as Sur- 
geon Eighth Regiment (Miller's), New York State (Detached) 
Militia; June 29, 1812, to January 6, 1813. Also, as Surgeon's 
Mate Thirty-sixth Regiment, (Miller's), July 29, to Augu.st 4, 
1813, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, N. Y. ; October 29, to Novem- 
ber 7, 1813; and August 31, to September 13, 1814, at siege of 
Plattsburgh. 

1896. Cox, James Vv'illl\m, 18 

160 State Street, Albany, N. Y. 
Grandson of Thomas Cox, Private in Captain Ezra Adams' 
Company, Lieutenant Colonel Connnandant Elijah H. Metcalf s 
Regiment, New York State (Detached) Militia Artillery. In 
service of the United States, September 14. to November 11, 
1813. 



206 

Elbctcd. State No. 

1897. Culver, Charles Mortimer. M. D., 31 

36 Eagle Street, Albany. N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Joseph Rodman, Private and Ordinary Seaman 
in Captain John Cunningham's Company, New York State Sea 
Fencibles. In service of the United States, September 3, to 
December 3, 1S14. 

1896. Graves, Hon. Hexry Duncan, 5 

Ausable Forks, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Son of Jeremiah Graves, Sergeant-Major Eighth Regiment, 
(Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Thomas Miller, Commanding), 
New York State (Detached) Militia. In service of the United 
States, on the Canadian Frontier, August i, to December i, 
1812. 

1897. Hand, Learned, 20 

25 North Pearl Street, Albany. N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Captain Samuel Hand, commanding two 
companies of Volunteers from Shoreham, Vermont, at battle of 
Plattsburgh, September 11, 1814. In action at repulse of the 
British by New York State Militia and Vermont Volunteers on 
Salmon River Road ; September 11, 18 14. 

1897. Hayes, George Charles, 32 

Booneville, Oneida Co., N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Joseph Hayes, (Haise), Private in Captain 
John I. Klock's Company, Nineteenth Regiment, (Major Com- 
mandant Frederick Getman, Commanding), New York State 
Militia. In service of the United States, September 7, to No- 
vember 14, 1814. 



207 

Elected. State No. 

1897. Hess, Frank JuDsoN, 29 

57 Exchange Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Denis Hess, Private in Captain Ezra Bracket's 
Company, One Hundred and Fiftj'-ninth Regiment, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Commandant Warren Hecox, Commanding), New York 
State Militia. In service of the United States, October 27, to 
November 16. 18 14. 



1896. JoxEs, Nathan Henry, 7 

Pl.ittsburgh, Clinton Co. , N. Y. 
Grandson of Daniel Blisb, Captain Ninth Regiment, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Commandant Elijah Barnes, Commanding), New York 
State Militia, 181 1 ; transferred to Major Commandant Reuben 
Sanford's Independent Battalion, New York State Militia, 1813. 
In service of the United States, in Sanford's Battalion, August 
I, to 6, 1813, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, N. Y., vSeptember 9, 
to November 19, 18 13; and September 2, to 14, 1S14, at siege of 
Plattsburgh. 

Grandson of Nathan Jones, Private in Captain Jethro Bonney's 
Company of "Exempts," Major Commandant Reuben San- 
ford's Independent Battalion, New York State Militia, August i, 
to 5, 18 13, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, N. Y. Also, Private in 
Captain Shubill Sumner's Company of Volunteers, Major Com- 
mandant Reuben Sanford's Independent Battalion, New York 
State Militia. In service of the United States, (in former Com- 
pany), August I, to 5, 18 13, and (in latter Company), September 
8, to 13, 1814, at siege of Plattsburgh, 



1896. Larkin, Okrel Town, ii 

Plattsburgh. Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Grandson of Elam Larkin, Drummer in Captain John Baker's 
Company, Thirty-sixth (Miller's), Regiment, New York State 
Militia. In service of the United States, September i, to 13, 
1 8 14, at siege of Plattsburgh. 



208 

Elkctbd. State No. 

1897. McKelvey, Wiluam James, 23 

57 Exchange Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
Grandsou of Jacob Smith Scofield, Fourth Corporal in Captain 
Lezier B. Canfield's Company, Twenty-third Regiment, United 
States Infantry, (Colonel Daniel Brown, Commanding), February 
I, 18 13, to August 8, 1 81 4. Also. Second Corporal in Captain 
Obadiah Thome's Company, First Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel 
Commandant Isaac Belknap, Jr., Commanding), New York 
State Militia. In service of the United States August 18, to 
December 3, 18 14. 

1896. Miller, Sylvester Barton, 6 

Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Grandson of Thomas Miller, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant 
Thirty-sixth Regiment, Fortieth Brigade, (Brigadier General 
Daniel Wright, Commanding); Third Division, (Major General 
Benjamin Mooers, Commanding), New York State Militia ; 
18 1 2-14. Also, assigned as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant 
Eighth Regiment, Third Brigade, (Brigadier General Micajah 
Petitt, Commanding), Second Division, C Major General Benjamin 
Mooers, Commanding), New York State (Detached) Militia, 
June 12, 1812. In service of the United States, (as latter), June 
27, to November 21, 1S12, on the Canadian frontier; and (as 
former), July 29, to August 5, 1813, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, 
N. Y., October 29, to November 7, 1813; and August 31, to 
September 13, 18 14, at siege of Plattsburgh. 

1897. MuRPHEY, Elijah Warriner, 27 

340 State Street, Albany, N. Y. 
Graud.son of Elijah Murphey, Musician in One Hundred and 
Twenty-first Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John 
Stewart, Commanding). In .service of the United States, Septem- 
ber, 1 8 14, at siege of Platt.sburgh. 



200 

Elected. State No. 

1893. Nichols, George Frkderick, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier 9 

General, U. S. Volunteers, Plattsbiirgh, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Son of John Nichols, Private in Captain Benjamin S. Edgerton's 
Company, and in Captain John W. Weeks' Company, Eleventh 
Regiment, United States Infantry. Also, Private in Captain 
Malachi Coming's Company, Sixth Regiment, United States 
Infantry. Enlisted March 22, 1813, " for the war ;" discharged 
May 23, 1815. 



1896. *NicHOi.s, Thomas Brainard, M. D., 12 

Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Son of Levi Nichols, Private in Captain Thomas Waterman's 
Company, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Luther Dixon's 
Regiment, Vermont ( Detached ) Militia. In service of the United 
States, September 25, to November, 18, 18 13, at Plattsburgh. 

•Died October :), 1S9U. 



1895. Noble, Henry Harmon, 8 

Essex, Essex Co., N. Y. 
Grandson of Ransom Noble, Second Major Thirty-seventh Regi- 
ment, (Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Aaron North, Com- 
manding), Fortieth Brigade, (Wright's), Third Division, 
(Mooers') New York State Militia; 1812. Also, assigned as 
Second Major Eighth Regiment, (Miller's), Third Brigade, 
(Pettit's), Second Division, (Mooers'), New York State (De- 
tached) Mihtia, June 18, 1812 ; and Lieutenant Colonel Com- 
mandant Thirty-seventh Regiment, New York State Militia ; 
1 8 14. In service of the United States, on Canadian frontier, (as 
Second Major Eighth Regiment), July 6, to August 26, 1812 ; 
(as Major Commandant Thirty-seventh Regiment), August i, to 
5, 1813, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, N. Y., and (as Lieutenant 
Colonel Commandant .same Regiment), May 13, 1814, at repulse 
of British galleys at mouth of Bouquet River, Will.sborough, 
New York ; and September 1, to 8, 18 14, at Plattsburgh. 



210 

BLKCTEn. State No. 

Graiidnephew of Charles McNeil, Lieutenant in Captain John 
Richardson's Company, Major Ransom Noble's and Major Guil- 
ford Dudley Young's Battalion, Eighth Regiment, (Lieutenant 
Colonel Commandant Thomas Miller, Commanding), Third 
Brigade, Second Division, New York State (Detached) Militia; 
Jul}^ 8, to October i, 1812. Lieutenant Commandant same com- 
pan5^ October i, to November 30, 1812. Lieutenant Command- 
ant same Company, Seventh Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Com- 
mandant James Green, Commanding;, December i, 1812. In ser- 
vice of the United States between above dates and died in service 
on Canadian frontier, December 10, 18 12. In command of com- 
pany at attack on, and capture of St. Regis from British, October 
22, 1812. 

1896. Payne, Hon. Daniel Safford French, 21 

Wadham's Mills, Essex Co., N. Y. 
Grandson of Joel French, Private in Captain William Rolfe's 
Company, Thirty-seventh Regiment (Noble's), New York State 
Militia, and in Company of Captain Jonathan Merriam, Jr., same 
Regiment ; 1813-14. In service of the United States, August i, 
to 6, 1813, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, N. Y., and September 
2, to 14, 18 14, at siege of Plattsburgh. 

1897. Pkck, William Noble, 22 

Fort Covington, Franklin Co., N. Y. 
Grandson of Daniel Noble, Sergeant in Lieutenant Ezra Parkill's 
Company, Thirty-seventh Regiment (Noble's), New York State 
Militia ; 1813-14. In service of the United States, August i, to 
5, 18 13, Murray's Raid, Plattsburgh, N. Y., and ser\'ed as a 
volunteer September, 18 14, at siege of Plattsburgh. 



211 

Elrctkd. Statu No. 

1896. Sheldon, Henry Luther, 14 

Middlebury, Addison Co., Vermont. 
Son of Samuel Sheldon, Private in Captain John Morton's Com- 
pany of (Salisbury) Vermont Volunteers. At battle of Platts- 
burgh, September 11, 18 14. 

Grand-nephew of Walter Sheldon, Second Lieutenant and Regi- 
mental Paymaster Eleventh Regiment, United States Infantry, 
March 12, 1812 ; First Lieutenant and District Paymaster, March 
12, 1813; Captain and District Paymaster Ninth United States 
Military District, August 4, 18 13. In service of the United 
States to the close of the war. 



1897. Shoemaker, James Duncan, 3° 

Puerto Rico, W. I. 

Great-grandson of Philip DeForest, Orderly Sergeant of Captain 

James DeForest' s Company of Riflemen, Lieutenant Colonel 

Commandant Abraham J. Hardenburgh's Regiment, New York 

State Militia. In service of the United States, September 10, to 

November 10, 1813, at Plattsburgh, N. Y. 



1892. TowNSEND, James Hill, ^3 

Sing Sing, Westchester Co., N. Y. 

Grandson of Artemus Mead, Private in Captain Solomon Seixas' 
Company, Second Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Commandant 
Isaac Alvan Van Hook, Commanding), New York State (De- 
tached) Militia. In service of the United States, September 2, 
to December 2, 18 14. 



212 

Elected. Statb No. 

1897. Wadhams, Albion Varette, Commander U. S. Navy, 25 

Wadhams' Mills, Essex, N. Y. 
Grandson of Luman Wadhams, Captain Thirty-seventh Regi- 
ment (Noble's), New York State Militia, 1811-14; Second 
Major same Regiment, March 2, 1S14. In service of the United 
States, (as Captain), July 31, to August 9, 1813, Murray's Raid, 
Plattsburgh, N. Y. , and with Battalion of New York State (De- 
tached) Militia, (Major John Roberts, 3d, Commanding), Sep- 
tember 8, to November 18, 1813 ; (as Second Major), May 13, 
1814, at repulse of British galleys at mouth of Bouquet River, 
Willsborough, New York, and September 2, to 13, 18 14, at siege 
of Plattsburgh. Highly commended by Major General Mooers 
in General Orders, September 12, 1814, and in his report to the 
Commander-in-Chief, September 16, 1814, "for gallantry and 
good conduct." 

1896. Wadhams, Frederick Eugene, 17 

33 Tweddle Building, Albany, N. Y. 
Grandson of Luman Wadhams, Captain Thirty-seventh Regi- 
ment (Noble's), New York State Militia, 1811-14; Second 
Major same Regiment, March 2, 1814. In service of the United 
States, (as Captain), July 31, to August 9, 1813, Murray's Raid. 
Plattsburgh, N. Y., and with BattaHon of New York State (De- 
tached) Militia, (Major John Roberts, 3d, Commanding); Sep- 
tember 8, to November iS, 1813; (as Second Major), May 13, 
1814, at repulse of British galleys at mouth of Bouquet River, 
Willsborough, New York, and September 2, to 13, 18 14, at siege 
of Plattsburgh. Highly commended by Major General Mooers 
in General Orders, September 12, 1814, and in his report to the 
Commander-in-Chief, September 16, 1814, "for gallantry and 
good conduct." 



213 

Elected. State No. 

189 1. Walworth, Hiram, 4 

Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Son of Hiram Walworth, Private in Captain Martin James 
Aiken's Volunteer Company of Independent Riflemen under the 
immediate command of Brigadier General Alexander Macomb, 
United States Army, September 3, to 12, 18 14. Honored by 
Joint Resolution of Congress, approved May 20, 1826, "for gal- 
lantrj^ and patriotic services during the siege of Plattsburgh" 
and presented with a rifle. 

1897. Warren, Albert Marshall, 24 

Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Great-grandson of Jonathan Marshall, Private in Captain 
Solomon McCumber's Company, Fifty-fifth Regiment, (Lieuten- 
ant Colonel Commandant Clark Allen, Commanding), New York 
State Militia. In service of the United States, July 29, to 
August 21, 1 8 14. 

1896. Weed, Hon. George Standish, 15 

Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
Grandson of Matthew Matthew Standish, Private, Orderly Ser- 
geant and Cornet in Captain Gilead Sperr3^'s Troop, Third 
Squadron Seventh Regiment, (lyieutenant Colonel Commandant 
Edmund Fitzgerald, Commanding), New York State Militia 
Cavalry ; 18 12-14. Warranted Orderly Sergeant March 24, 

1813, and commissioned Cornet, same regiment, April 26, 1814. 
In service of the United States, August 31, to September 13, 

1 8 14, at Dead Creek Bridge, and at siege of Plattsburgh. 



Total Descendant Membership, ... 32 

Deceased, ...... i 

Membership, October i, 1899, . . . 31 



SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812 



IN THE 



STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 



Officers 



OF THE 



Society of the War of 1812 

IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 
Organized February 25, 189S. Admitted to General Society, June 21, 1898. 



1899. 



Presideni. 
APPLETON MORGAN, LL. D. 

Vi<'c-I'rr><ideni, 
HARRY FERDINAND BARRELL, A. M., Ph. D. 

Secietary, 

ADELBERT BANCROFT HUNT, Ph. D. 

(Address : 77 Linden Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey.) 

Treasurer, 
OSCAR HALSTEAD CONDIT. 

Regidrar, 
Captain JOHN JOSEPH READ, U. S. Navy. 

Hii<toriau, 
WILLIAM DUFFIELD BELL, M. D., 

ChaphiiiK 
Rev. NEWTON W. CADWELL. 

Executive Committee, 
The Officers of the vSociety. 

Delegates to tlu (idirral Soriclij, 
APPLETON MORGAN, LL. D., Captain JOHN JOSEPH READ, U. S. N. 

HARRY FERDINAND BARRELL, Ph. D., WILLIAM G. SCHAUFFLER, M. D., 

EUGENE WALCOTT WHITNEY, M. D. 

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Descendant Members 



OF THE 



NEW JERSEY SOCIETY. 



Elected. State No. 

1898. Barrell, Harry Ferdinand, A. M., Ph. D., 2 

[Life Membership.] 748 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. 

Great-grandson of John Wood, Captain of Company of Riflemen 

in lyieutenant-Colonel Commandant Varian's Regiment, New 

York State Militia; 18 14. 

1898. Barrell, Joseph, E. M., M. S., [Life Membership.] 9 

Butte, Montana. 
Great-grandson of John Wood, Captain of Company of Riflemen 
in Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Varian's Regiment, New 
York State Militia; 18 14. 

1898. Bell, William Duffield, M. D., 3 

160 West Eighty-third Street, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of William Duffield Bell, Private in Captain Andrews' 
Company, Fifth Regiment Infantry, (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph 
Sterett, Commanding), Maryland Militia; 1814. 

1898. Cadwell, Rev. Newton W., 10 

The Manse, Westfield, N. J. 
Grandson of Oliver Stone, Private in Captain E. S. Cadwell's 
Company, (Cleveland's Regiment), New York State Militia, in 
the defence of Sackett's Harbor, New York ; 18 13. 

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220 

Elected. State No. 

1898. CoNDiT, Oscar Halsted, [Life Merabenship.] 7 

86 Clinton Street, East Orange, N. J. 
Great-grandson of Jotham Condit, Ensign Fourth Company, 
First Battalion, Fifth Regiment, New Jersey Militia. Also, 
Lieutenant same Company and Regiment; 181 2-14. 

1898. Denman, Abram C, Jr., [Life Membership.] 17 

21 Clarendon Place, Orange, N. J. 
Great-great-grandson of Jacob Halsey, Captain in New Jersey 
Militia ; 1812-14. 

1898. Dewey, George, Admiral U. S. Navy, [Life Membership.] 15 

Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Simeon Dewey, (of Berlin, Vermont), Captain 
Vermont Militia ; 18 12-14. 

1898. Harrison, Hon. Benjamin, [Life Membership.] 14 

Indianapolis, Indiana. 
Grandson of William Henry Harrison, Brigadier General United 
States Army, August 22, 1S12 : Major General United States 
Army, March 2, 1813; resigned, May 31, 1814. 
Received thanks of Congress April 4, 1S14, for his victory over 
Major General Proctor's forces at the battle of the Thames, 
Canada ; October 5, 18 13. 

1899. Hinds, Ernest, Lieutenant U. S. Army, [Life Membership.] 21 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 
Grandson of Byron Hinds, Second Lieutenant in Captain Thomas 
Eldredge's (Mounted) Company, Perkins' Battalion, Mississippi 
Militia ; 18 12-14. 



221 

^^=C'^=D- STATB No. 

1898. HoLDEN, James Cottor, [Ufe Membership.] n 

Madison, New Jersey, 
Son of Horace Holden, Private in Captain J. V. B. Varick's 
Compau}', New Jersey Militia ; 1814. 
Also, Aid-de-Camp to General Colfax. 

1S98. Hunt, Adelbert Bancroft, Ph. D., [Life Membership.] 8 

Bloomfield, New Jersey. 
Grandson of Abel Moulton, Private in Captain Peleg Matteson's 
Company, One Hundred and Fifty-.seventh Regiment, fWest- 
cott's), New York vState Militia ; 1S14. 

1898. Jones, Albert Sidney, [Life Membership.] 20 

Passaic, New Jersey. 
Great-grand.son of Peter La Tourrette, ALajor in Colonel Abra- 
ham's Regiment, New Jersey Militia; 1812-14, 

1898. Jones, Walter Hastings, M. D., 12 

Colonial Club, New York, N. Y. 
Grandson of Ephraim Carter, Jr., First Lieutenant in Captain 
Joseph Tenny's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Edwards' Regi- 
ment, Massachusetts Militia ; 18 13-14. 

1898. Morgan, Appleton, LL. D., [Life Membership.] i 

Westfield, New Jersey. 
Grandson of James Appleton, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding 
Second Regiment. First Brigade, Second Division, Massachusetts 
Militia: 1813-14. In service of the United States, 1814. 
Commanded at Gloucester and in actions at Sandy Bay and 
Gallop's Folly, Massachusetts, Septembers, 1814. 

1898. Parkhust, Charles D., Captain U. S. Army, 18 

[Life Membership.] War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Grandson of Christopher Tanner, (of New London, Connecticut), 
Private in Regiment, Rhode Island Militia; 1S12-14. 



222 

EJECTED. State No. 

1898. Read, John Joseph, Captain U. S. Navy, [Life Membership.] 4 

Mt. Holly, N. J. 
Grandson of Samuel J. Read, Major in Brigadier General 
Ebenezer Elmer's Brigade, New Jersey Militia ; 18 14. 

1898. ScHAUFFLER, WiLUAM G., M. D., [Life Membership.] 19 

Lake wood, New Jersey. 
Great-grandson of Samuel Reynolds, Private in (New London) 
Connecticut Militia ; 1S13-14. 

1898. Skinner, Henry Whipple, [Life Membership.] 16 

360 Jeflferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 

Grandson of John Whipple, Major in Regiment, Michigan 

State MiUtia; 1S12-14. 

1898. Weeks, William Raymond, 13 

763 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. 
Grandson of William Raymond Weeks, Chaplain of troops in 
service of the United States, at Plattsburgh, New York, under 
command of Major General Benjamin Mooers, New York State 
Militia; 1813-14. 

1899. Whitney, Eugene Walcott, M. I)., 22 

Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Grandson of Preserved Pierce, Private in Captain Palmer's 
Company, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Collins' Regiment, 
New York State Militia; 18 12-14. 



Total Descendant Membership, .... 22 

Resigned, 2 

Deceased, o 

Membership, Octorer i, 1S99, .... 20 



RECAPITULATION. 



Total Veteran Members 65 

Total Descendant Members of State Societies, . 751 



S16 



Total Resigned or Transferred, (Descendants,) . 98 
Total Deceased, (Veterans and Descendants,) . . 105 



201 



Total Membership of General Society, October i, 1899, 615 

Note.— Metnberssliould promptly notify tlie Secretary General, through the Secretaries of their 
respective State Societies, of any errors or omissions in their records, that the necessary corrections 
may be noted for future publications. 



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ADDENDA. 



In IVlemoriam. 

Thomas Morgan Stiirtevaut, the last living citizen of the State of New 
Jersey who served in the second war with Great Britain, departed this life 
on September 26, 1896, in the ninety-second year of his age. 

He enlisted as a Private, when only thirteen years of age, in Captain 
George Ashbridge's Company of New York State Militia, which was raised 
in New York City, and placed in charge of a block-house upon what is now 
the south-western ridge of Greenwood Cemetery, L. I., where it slopes 
toward the Bay. 

Mr. Sturtevant was honorably discharged from the service of the United 
States, April 14, 18 14. He had been a member of the General Society of 
the War of 1812, from the time of its foundation in 1814, until his decease. 



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ACT OF CONGRESS 

Relating to the Insignui of Military Societies, with Decisions of ths 

Secretary of War thereon. 



Joint Resolution granting permission to officers and enlisted men 
of the Army and Navy of the United States to wear the badges adopted by 
MiHtary Societies of men who served in the War of the Revolution, the War 
of Eighteen Hundred and Twelve, the Mexican War, and the War of the 
Rebellion. 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep>rse7itativcs of the United States 
of America in Congress assembled, That the distinctive badges adopted hy 
Militar}^ Societies of men who served in the Armies and Navies of the United 
States in the War of the Revolution, the War of Eighteen Hundred and 
Twelve, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion, respectively, may 
be worn upon all occasions of ceremony* by officers and enlisted men of the 
Army and Navy of the United States who are members of said organizations 
in their own right. 

Approved, September 25, 1890. 

Decision of Acting Secretary of War, .\pril 2j, i>Sgi . 
Officers of the Army who are members by inheritance of any of the 
Societies referred to in the act of September 25, 1890, ]niblished in General 
Orders. No. 133, of November 18, 1890, from this office, are entitled to wear 
the badges adopted by such Societies on occasions of ceremony.* {Circular 
No. /, Head Ors. of the Anny, A. G. O., Washington, A/ay y, /Sc^i.) 

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230 
{Extract.^ 

*In compliance with the above Joint Resolution of Congress, * * 
the phrase "occasions of ceremony," in the resolution, will include all musters, 
reviews, inspections, parades and other occasions on which officers and men 
are required to appear in full-dress uniform. 

The badges are to be worn on the left breast of the coat, the tops of the 
ribbons forming a horizontal line, the outer end of which shall be from two 
to four inches (according to the height of the wearer), below the upper line 
of the shoulder. 

The ribbons are to be suspended from a bar of metal passed through 
their upper ends and attached to the coat. {General Orders, No, 133, Head 
Ors. of the Army, A. C. O., IVas/iwo-ion, November /<?, /S^o.) 



ERRATA. 



In record of Thomas Morgan Sturtevant, page 23. read "92 years" for "99 years." 

In record of EHas Hulfish Chambers, page 43, read " Hullfish " for " Hulfish." 

In record of Willis Henry Faber, page 51, read "grandson " for "great-grandson." 

In record of James Clarence Hyde, page 63, read "Norman Clark. Jr.," for "Norman 
Clark." 

In record of Rufus Shivley, page 85, read " Rufus Shirley " for " Rufus Shivley." 

In record of William Chetwood Spencer, page 88, read "October 2, 1897," for " 1897." 

In record of James L. Taylor, page 91, read "17 Cockspur Street" for " iS Cockspur 
Street." 

In record of George Francis Towle, page 91, read "grandson of Joseph Towle," for 
"grandson of George Towle." 

In record of Alfred J. Carr, page 109, read "Alfred Jarrett Carr," for "Alfred J. Cam" 

In record of George R. Medairy, page 124, read "grandson of" instead of "son of, etc," 

In record of Watson Beale Randall, page 127, add "Great-grandson of Beale Randall, 
Major Second Regiment, (Lieutenant Colonel Richard K. Heath, Com- 
manding), Maryland Militia ; 1S14. Also, Lieutenant Colonel same Regi- 
ment, November 12, 1814." 

In record of Michael Myers Shoemaker, page 130, add "Grandson of Robert Shoemaker, 
Major in Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jacob Brown's Regiment, New 
York State Militia ; 1813-14." 

In record of Eugene H. Lahee, page 185, read "Chicago," for " Alton." 

In record of James H. McCord, page 186, read "St. Joseph," for "St. Louis." 

In record of Manfred M. Riggs, page 186, read "St. Joseph, Mo.," for "Chicago, 111." 



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